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South-South Collaboration in Health Biotechnology: Growing Partnerships Amongst Developing Countries
Author(s): Halla Thorsteinsdottir
- Publisher: Academic Foundation
- Publication Date: 15 July 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 8171889093
- ISBN-13: 9788171889099
Book Description
The book South-South Collaboration in Health Biotechnology analyses collaboration among developing countries. It disseminates results from a large scale project on health biotechnology collaboration, involving six research groups based in Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, India and Zambia led by the University of Toronto, Canada. It focuses both on health biotechnology collaboration in emerging economies such as China and India, and in lower income developing countries such as Bangladesh. The book provides a detailed analysis of collaboration between public sector institutions and of partnerships between firms in developing countries.
This book will be of particular interest to the science, policy, academic and business communities worldwide, as well as to a general audience interested in development and innovation.
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About the Author
Halla Thorsteinsdottir is an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto.
