An economics student here at Mount Holyoke College is doing a senior
honors thesis on the commercialization of genetic and biological
resources in developing countries. She is interested in evaluating
structural agreements and contracts between indigenous peoples, national
governments, and pharmaceutical companies (e.g. those between INBIO and
Merck in Costa Rica, or Shaman pharmaceuticals in California).
Does anyone have additional resources to suggest (electronic, human,
bibliographic)? Access to data on the efficacy of profit distributions
in these accords?
If so, please send them to me or to Anjali Sridhar
(Asridhar@mhc.mtholyoke.edu)
Thanks.
Jim Trostle