Problem
Inadequate research on proposed solutions to problems
Other Names:
Lack of well-researched projects to alleviate problemsLack of innovative projects against world problems
Obsolete programmes against social problems
Uncreative strategies against problems
Nature:
Projects intended to alleviate problems, such as those associated with underdevelopment, are not always sufficiently well researched and designed to meet the conditions required by the institutions financing the remedial enterprises. Market studies, estimates of effectiveness, profitability calculations, estimates of the skills or the amount of investment actually required, and estimates of raw material needs and prices, are sometimes superficial. Furthermore, the technological processes and production capacities designated are generally not optimum. There is a lack of awareness of the need for good studies and an unwillingness to fund such studies adequately, although they are essential to avoid poor-risk investments.
Broader Problems:
Imbalanced research activityInadequate response to societal needsGeneral obstacles to problem alleviation Narrower Problems:
Inadequate social innovationExcessive reliance on fashionable solutions to problemsOver-emphasis on immediate solutions in resource development research Related Problems:
Underutilization of intellectual abilityOpportunist bias in public discussion and research on development Aggravates:
Inadequate dataUnsolved social problemsUnstrategic funding requestsUnreliability of equipment and machineryLong-term changes in atmospheric chemistryInadequate models of socio-economic developmentInadequate delivery mechanism in response to problemsSimplistic technical solutions to complex environmental problems Strategies:
Researching role of non-governmental organizations in international environmental governancePromoting social innovationImproving programmesProviding source of wisdom for solutionsResearching world problemsUpdating programmes against social problemsDeveloping creative strategies against problemsProviding well-researched projects to alleviate problemsAbstaining from well-researched projects to alleviate problems Subject(s):
Societal Problems → Societal problems Societal Problems → Obsolescence
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Research, Standards → Research
Strategy → Strategy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST