A few additional comments on the latest SDG draft on water and science and research
It has been a busy week and so I mostly focused my analysis in an earlier blog on areas I had been actively working on over the last year. Science and research So I only got to cross reference a few things when I had a call from SciDev today and they wanted to know what I thought about how science and research was reflected in the text in the new draft of the SDG OWG. I have to say I wasn’t following it and so I read through and only find in the new draft research appearing only three times: 2.a increase investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural research, technology development, and capable institutions, particularly in countries that are net food importers 3.b support research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines, and support developing countries’ use of T...