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Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives : the double role of IPRs in the context of facilitating MDGs nos. 1 and 6.
2011
F 619 MAI.H
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Title
Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives : the double role of IPRs in the context of facilitating MDGs nos. 1 and 6.
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xvi, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9789058507267
9058507262
9789058507266
9789958507267
9058507262
9789058507266
9789958507267
Alternate Call Number
F 619 MAI.H
Summary
Poor management of intellectual property rights and the system of intellectual property rights itself hinder equal research partnerships between the South and the North, and often result in an over-cautious or one-sided Northern investment policy and unnecessary delays in the realization of some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Formatted Contents Note
I. Trade vs. development: the international intellectual property rights regime and the UN millennium development goals, an introduction to the problems with international IPR obligations in the light of development priorities in sub-saharan Africa; II. Agricultural seeds that reduce hunger and poverty policies, perceptions and practices intellectual property rights; III. Affordable HIV drug resistance test for Africa (Art-A) intellectual property; IV. Synthesis, concluding remarks and recommendations.
Published
Nijmegen, The Netherlands : Wolf Legal Publishers, 2011.
Language
English
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