Trade policy as a determinant of industrial structure: the case of the Kenyan pharmaceutical industry
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Low, Patrick (1977) Trade policy as a determinant of industrial structure: the case of the Kenyan pharmaceutical industry. Working paper no. 329, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobihttp://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1202
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Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
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This paper argues that pharmaceutical manufacturing in Kenya did not establish itself behind a protectionist barrier. At the same time, the industry displays most of the features associated with the kind of manufacturing activity which requires government intervention in order to locate in a country like Kenya. This apparent paradox is explained primarily in terms of market imperfections in the pharmaceuticals sector and the implications of such a situation for government policy are touched on briefly.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi