Abstract
Chap. 7 overlays a development-based theoretical discussion on the processes addressed in previous chapters. Nahavandi contends that the commodification of the human body is a modern form of well-known historical events such as slavery and colonization, and can be considered as a new and additional form of appropriation and extraction of resources from the weakest regions. The author explores and illustrates how these processes are fueled by development-related issues of continued poverty and inequality in the Global South, together with inequality in transnational relations. The latter, in turn, create new development-related problems, among which two are particularly addressed: the consequences of access to healthcare, and the consequences of the attraction of brains.
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Nahavandi, F. (2016). The Commodification of the Human Body Parts in a Development-Related Perspective. In: Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50584-2_7
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