The political economy of the African pharmaceutical sector's “industrial underdevelopment” lock-in: The importance of understanding the impact of persistent colonial extractive institutions

Improved African pharmaceutical manufacturing has been on global and local agendas since the 1970s, yet the industry has been locked-in into low technologies for decades. What caused the technological and industrial stagnation for such a critical sector for local and global health security? What are...

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Main Author: Geoffrey Banda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2023.1020588/full