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Mozambicans must pay for knowledge about their country – By Joseph Hanlon
1:50 CAT | 25 Nov 2020
Wider, which published (free) the excellent study of Mozambique (see previous newsletter), had to cancel a seminar on “The contribution of digital financial services to financial inclusion in Mozambique.” But Wider said we could download the paper. However it costs $45 to read and $250 to have a copy of the paper. Academics come from abroad, do the research in Mozambique, and go away – and Mozambicans have to pay to know they discovered about Mozambique.
How many books, PhDs, and academic papers are written about Mozambicans with huge help from Mozambicans, but then Mozambicans never know about them and cannot afford to read them? Surely Mozambique should impose a requirement that reports of any research done in Mozambique should be available free or be published in Mozambique.
By Joseph Hanlon
Source: News reports & clippings
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