Unfortunately the education system here focuses heavily on theory and barely at all on evidence. Part of the reason for this is lack of resources—university students here often don’t have access to databases because their universities can’t afford it which is pretty tragic. Also many older lecturers who are 20-30 years behind on development theory.
Maybe one thing EA could do to address some of these issues and build bridges with local development workers is to package and deliver the latest empirical evidence to university students and lecturers in places like Uganda.
Maybe one thing EA could do to address some of these issues and build bridges with local development workers is to package and deliver the latest empirical evidence to university students and lecturers in places like Uganda.