Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Rethinking Innovation -- 1 Poverty, Invisibility, and Innovation -- 2 Behaviourally Informed Innovation -- 3 Appropriate Technologies for the Global South -- 4 Globalization of Biopharmaceutical Innovation: Implications for Poor-Market Diseases --...

Despite the vast wealth generated in the last half century, in today’s world inequality is worsening and poverty is becoming increasingly chronic. Hundreds of millions of people continue to live on less than

Introduction: betting on biotech -- From mitigating risk to managing uncertainty -- Reorganizing the state -- Organizing bio-industry -- Manufacturing "progress" -- Regulatory uncertainty -- Conclusion: beyond the developmental state

After World War II, several late-developing countries registered astonishingly high growth rates under strong state direction, making use of smart investment strategies, turnkey factories, and reverse-engineering, and taking advantage of the postwar global economic boom. Among these economic...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Betting on Biotech -- 1. From Mitigating Risk to Managing Uncertainty -- 2. Reorganizing the State -- 3. Organizing Bio-industry -- 4. Manufacturing "Progress" -- 5. Regulatory Uncertainty -- Conclusion: Beyond the Developmental State -- Index.