Formulating Development

How Nestlé Shaped the Aid Industry

Lola Wilhelm

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Manchester University Press
02 September 2025

Development studies; History: specific events & topics; Aid & relief programmes; Agriculture & related industries

Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches

In the 1970s, Nestle became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry's negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced.

This book tells the exclusive story of how the Swiss food giant, and more broadly corporate capitalism, have shaped the aid industry since the late nineteenth century. It follows Nestle's bid for a share of the humanitarian market brokered by the Red Cross in wartime Europe, of its clinical trials in Swiss and Senegalese maternities, and of its agricultural modernisation schemes in Mexico, India, and the Ivory Coast.

Based on extensive research in the firm's own historical archives and the records of national and international aid agencies, the volume interrogates the legacies of this long history for international development today.

By: Lola Wilhelm
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781526180995
ISBN 10: 1526180995
Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 02 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction I The Swiss laboratory 1 At the service of agriculture 2 To walk along with science 3 Great relief II International development 4 To help under-developed countries 5 The health of children in protein-poor regions 6 The Nestlé Foundation Conclusions Annexes Sources Bibliograph -- .

Lola Wilhelm is Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Zurich.