It's not an issue of innovation but rather about priorities in resource allocation - obviously the society does not consider that those are the world's most urg

It's not an issue of innovation but rather about priorities in resource allocation - obviously the society does not consider that those are the world's most urgent problems, because it has not chosen to assign large quantities of funding towards them. If words say one thing but actions show another, then obviously the actions show the truth and the words are just lies; we the people have voted with our wallets that these problems are relatively irrelevant. And that's kind of what the article says in more diplomatic terms - if you really believe that sustained development is important, then you have to put your money where your mouth is and fund it.