Give and Take: Developmental Foreign Aid and the Pharmaceutical Industry in East Africa

Hardback

Main Details

Title Give and Take: Developmental Foreign Aid and the Pharmaceutical Industry in East Africa
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nitsan Chorev
SeriesPrinceton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenreDevelopment economics
ISBN/Barcode 9780691197852
ClassificationsDewey:381.45615109676
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 12 tables.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 10 December 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

Give and Take looks at local drug manufacturing in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, from the early 1980s to the present, to understand the impact of foreign aid on industrial development. While foreign aid has been attacked by critics as wasteful, counterproductive, or exploitative, Nitsan Chorev makes a clear case for the effectiveness of what she ter

Author Biography

Nitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. She is the author of The World Health Organization between North and South and Remaking U.S. Trade Policy.

Reviews

"Honorable Mention for the Best Scholarly Book, Global and Transnational Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association"