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In the conclusion, Nahavandi argues that as human body parts have now entered the transnational market either legally or illegally, the usual mechanisms of the global markets apply to them—among others, the perceived or genuine shortage or scarcity of these resources, which is a driving force for outsourcing or attracting them. The supply often comes from the Global South where the motivations for selling are rooted in poverty, inequality and disarray or unsatisfied aspirations in case of brain migration. Changing these motivations by eradicating their causes can be part of the answer to the issues raised by the commodification of human body parts and the unequal exchange by way of which extraction of new resources from the Global South are still continuing.
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Nahavandi, F. (2016). Ending Remarks. In: Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50584-2_8
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