The public servants in development sector sometimes use the research activity as a very junior partner in development interventions. They form the opinion based on general talk or observation of the situation. Based on their opinion they define the causative factors for any problem. They think doing systematic research to assess the causes is a waste of money & resources. Even if they fail in their approaches who is to gauge the losses. More than that they believe very strongly that there is no other person more intelligent than them on the development issues. That is why they were appointed as development administrator. If the systematic research is the requirement of funding agency, they will give this job to local teachers ( who are master of all subjects) who can produce the same findings what the big boss has already predicted. Once they fail them blame the research. Who is at loss? The subject of research meets the casualty.
Seeking your comments & similar experiences
Dr S K Trivedi
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