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The benefit of doubt


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Abstract: ‘Science makes you learn about deep complexities’, claims Richard Dawkins, writer and evolutionary biologist at Oxford University. That poses a daunting task for a magazine that aims to provide brief summaries of scientific developments. Is it possible to keep it short and simple without losing nuance and complexity? In international development, scientists, policy makers or other ‘developers’ cannot act as if they work in a laboratory, but must always relate to the complex surroundings of the real world, which will influence the outcomes of their actions, whether theoretically or ideologically inspired.
Authors: Bieckmann, F.
Category: General
Serial number: 4
ISSN: 1874-2033
Journal: The Broker
Keywords: development policy , research
Language: eng
Organization: The Broker
Year: 2007
Right: © 2007 IDP. This article has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license.
Subject: Development Cooperation General
Start Page: 3
Title: The benefit of doubt