Armwell,
You describe the situation quite well. It's not only the NGOs who practice "parachute" research (i.e. they drop into a village out of the sky then disappear). I would like see reseaerchers living in the village for six months or a year. Then we might see something happen.
As for politicians respecting science, why should they? A great many research papers make feeble or unrealistic or utopian recommendations; for every paper that recommends I should do A, I can find one that says I shouldn't; researchers come and go (they are not part of the community so why should I care what you say) and so on. The whole process needs a rethink.
Armwell,
You describe the situation quite well. It's not only the NGOs who practice "parachute" research (i.e. they drop into a village out of the sky then disappear). I would like see reseaerchers living in the village for six months or a year. Then we might see something happen.
As for politicians respecting science, why should they? A great many research papers make feeble or unrealistic or utopian recommendations; for every paper that recommends I should do A, I can find one that says I shouldn't; researchers come and go (they are not part of the community so why should I care what you say) and so on. The whole process needs a rethink.