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From Products to Functionings: New Medicinal Drugs in Developing Countries

In: Technological Systems and Development

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  • Jeffrey James

    (Tilburg University)

  • Haider A. Khan

    (University of Denver)

  • P. Parthasarathi

Abstract

Set partly in the context of the debate about the economic impact of multinationals on developing countries, numerous attempts have been made to study the welfare effects of new products on the inhabitants of those countries. For the most part, these studies are based on a form of analysis (developed primarily by Lancaster) that focuses on the specific characteristics embodied in new products.1 Those combinations of characteristics are then evaluated from the point of view of their appropriateness to household groups differentiated, most frequently, by levels of income. Because they are mainly produced in developed countries, new products, so the argument usually runs, contain a high proportion of ‘high-income’ characteristics that make them unconducive to the satisfaction of basic needs in developing countries. Or, put another way, the conclusion is typically that new products tend to confer their benefits disproportionately on rich rather than poor consumers in developing countries.

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  • Jeffrey James & Haider A. Khan & P. Parthasarathi, 1998. "From Products to Functionings: New Medicinal Drugs in Developing Countries," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Technological Systems and Development, chapter 4, pages 63-84, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26413-1_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26413-1_4
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