Vignette: “We need people like you”

Abstract

In this chapter, the author focuses on how she balance a desire to make sure that her research makes a practical contribution to skills-scarce Zambia with the need to produce research that still fits within the context of what is considered relevant in the United Kingdom. She focuses on her identity as a researcher in the field of South–South cooperation (SSC). Zambia supported liberation movements across the southern African region and cultivated political/economic ties with Non-Aligned nations under the leadership of founding President Kenneth Kaunda. There is an emphasis on applied research in Zambian academia and think tanks. The Zambian government does struggle with weak institutional capacity in policy planning/coordination and a shortage of human resources to manage its development cooperation activities. Development research tends to concentrate on analysing and generating practical solutions to the country’s most pressing development needs, with a focus on the macroeconomic, agricultural and social development sectors.

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