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The two faces of chemistry in the developing world

Nature Chemistry volume 3, pages 678–680 (2011)Cite this article

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Chemistry creates both agony and hope in less-developed countries — although it may provide solutions to many of the problems faced there, the lack of expertise and poor infrastructure renders research extremely difficult. What challenges must scientists overcome and what can be done to improve matters?

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  1. C. N. R. Rao is in the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India ,

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Rao, C. The two faces of chemistry in the developing world. Nature Chem 3, 678–680 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1075

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