Preventing Inequity in International Research

March 10, 2008

Essay from: Science (March 7, 2008): 1336a-1337a

Excerpt: “Being originally from an Eastern European country, I’ve noticed two possible practices in establishing international research collaboration between richer and poorer countries. In the more desirable scenario, investigators from wealthy countries spend time living in poorer countries, where they patiently gain trust of local people and build capacity in local research infrastructure. In the other scenario, investigators use local researchers to perform the difficult, risky, and demanding part of the work, after which they collect the raw data and begin to publish papers.” (Available from Science by subscription only)