Ramesh Sharma, There are many reasons why less priority is given to research in developing countries. First of all,  in developing countries' governments (authentic body) are less aware about the research  and its outcome and the most importantly its practical application. In the same line they allocate less budget for research activities. If fact they put research in less priority list. Secondly, most of the developing countries are suffering from some kinds of political crises as a result of that there is less emphasis on research because political crises get more priority than academia or think tank of research. Third reason is  most of the think tank of researcher gets more fund and facilities in developed countries and there is maximum chances of brain-drain. That's why research is in less priority list in developing countries. The answer of second part of the question is the international research organization should give more attention for research in developing countries. They should allocate more fund from research funding  organization and most importantly we should make aware to the importance of research in the developing country. Try to develop more tie up between academia and industry and research. Even though from international organization from outside should focus to the research agendas of developing countries.   

Agreeing with Gangadhar Dahal, research activities in developing nations are neglected due to lack of facilities, infrastructure and investment in R & D. However, it is not mandatory that all the fields are neglected. There is a high chance that a developing nation is focusing on research on a particular field instead of multiple fields. There are many developing nations who are expertise in a particular field mostly due to their advance researches in that particular area only. On the other hand, such special interests in a particular field often discourages researchers from other fields of interest within the nation. 

In order to improve research activities international researcher should provide platform for the budding researcher from developing nations to reveal their interests, ideas, and concepts. Though some of the developed nations are providing some assistance but seriously it is not sufficient. Many hardworking, sincere and dedicated researchers in developing nations are lagging behind due to the problems as mentioned above. On an International basis, there should be special agencies that takes care that all the fields of study are flourishing together from all parts of the world, for a better World of Everyone.

Dear all, i appreciated you efforts and contribution.

Research gets less attention in developing countries largely because both government and citizens could not see its immediate effect. Immediacy or immediate returns is what is expected and interested in and not the long term to-come effect.

This submission also underscore why governments are not interested in investing in research and development especially when it is known that the result or impact will not materialise during the tenure of office.  

Lack of

proper guidance,  good back up of a research grant,  well structured study model and finally a proper long term follow up in a patient .......

these are the major hindrance in good research outcome in our settings ???? 

In my opinion, it is largely due to lack of research culture in developing countries,  

In  some  developing  countries,  research  activities  in  certain  special  fields  may present methodological challenges. Capturing research in indigenous knowledge systems, traditional knowledge structures and religious research can be tricky.  Other  methodological  problems  arise  when measuring  the  research  component  of  clinical  trials, software  development,  reverse  engineering  and  minor  technical  adaptations, development  research  as  well  as  other  Social  Sciences  and  Humanities  research projects.

Dear Ramesh Sharma Sir

I think it is mainly due to lack of economy, culture and respect to researchers.

Emy S. Agren has posed a right question. Developing countries might have other priorities than the research. We should estimate the appropriate weight to put on research.

We have the custom to classify Research and Development (R&D) in the same category of activities, but in reality research and development are economically speaking very different activities. Even in the case of  R&D, we should ask if the appropriate weight is put on it.  

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I have posed a similar question:

Should LDCs invest more resources in R&D?

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Should_LDCs_invest_more_resources_in_R_D

I am less favorable for putting more emphasis on R&D investment. 

The government in LDC's should be more concerned about fostering the conditions under which R&D is valued rather than spend money on R&D itself. For example the focus should be on strengthening IPR, educating young people (see attached paper), building physical and cyber infrastructure, ensuring that private R&D efforts receive tax advantages etc. LDC's should not be investing in basic research given they always have to allocate ever scarcer resources.

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Dear Shiozawa and Basuchoudhary,

Thank you for your contribution.

Sincerely,

Ramesh Sharma Poudel

I am questioning the effectiveness of R&D investment  in the question page "Should LDCs invest more resources in R&D?"  (mentioned above, post # 14). LDCs should pored more efforts in elevating and enhancing their economy itself. R&D and scientific knowledge produced from it are some times for the economy a kind of decorations.

Minimum amount of research, in the Universities in particular, is necessary in order to keep or call back excellent scholars in their home countries. And this is necessary to educate people for the fields where the national economy is demanding. R&D should not be considered for its own sake.

Research in Cobb-Douglas production function is misleading. I have argued this point in my working paper:

Growth Theory As It Ought to Be: Comments on Kurz and Salvadori's Two Survey Papers on Old and New Growth Theory

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311439320_Growth_Theory_As_It_Ought_to_Be_Comments_on_Kurz_and_Salvadori%27s_Two_Survey_Papers_on_Old_and_New_Growth_Theory

To emphasize investment in LDCs is a kind of obsession that New Growth Theory fabricated or framed up. We should be careful to use its models and interpretations in the research for economic development.    

See in particular the following sections in the above paper: 

6. Smooth production functions

7. Technological change

14. Fundamental issues of growth and development

Working Paper Growth Theory As It Ought to Be: Comments on Kurz and Salvad...

Developing countries should focused researches according to their resources so that outcome of researches may help to boost the economy of the country.

Dear Mangala D Manandhar

No body is against your principle. Economists of each nation should focus their efforts to rightly lead their country to develop its economy. However, the state of economics is so confused that it may risk that you lead your country in a wrong way if you simply believe the mainstream economics. To re-build a more realistic economics is one of urgent task for all economists of our days.

Now economists are arguing which or what economics is more plausible and reliable to lead economic policies of our country and our world. Main arguments are conflict between mainstream and heterodox economics. But, in my opinion, mainstream economics, which has been background of Washington Concensus of World Bank and others, is not realsitic enough to lead the development policy of developing countries. It is necessary that we build a new theory in line with many of heterodox economics. Heterodox economics has a better insight about the working of economies than mainstream economics but its theories are rather poor when compared to mainstream economics.

However, you should also remind that import substitution policy, recommended by the dependency theory of 1970's, was not a very effective policy for many developing countries. At that time, one of theories that backed the dependency theory was the theory of inequality exchange sponsored by Arghiri Emmanuel. I do not doubt his sincerity and honesty, but I believe his theory was based on a wrong idea. In designing development policy of a nation, it is necessary to have a good theory of international trade. There are four generations in neoclassical trade theories, but they are all constructed in equilibrium framework. In such a framework, we cannot analyse for example the economic growth under the balance of payment constraint. We needs a new theory of international trade which is adapted to the age of global value chains.

One of such theory is already constructed. Please see my paper:

The new theory of interantional values: An overview.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304717720_The_New_Theory_of_International_Values_An_Overview

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