@article{49029,
      recid = {49029},
      author = {Dos Santos, Fernando,},
      title = {Innovation in Africa : Levelling the Playing Field to  Promote Technology Transfer.},
      pages = {xx, 252 pages.},
      abstract = {Technology is key to the development of nations yet is not  freely or easily accessible. This book aims to contribute  to the debate about empowering Africa to play a more  meaningful role in the global innovation system. It  emphasizes the important role of technology transfer in  assisting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa to  expand their technological capabilities.  The book surveys  IP and innovation policies in Africa's past and present,  providing theoretical, policy, and legal frameworks, as  well as specific measures that will help African LDCs. It  proposes solutions to overcome challenges currently posed  by inefficiencies in the flow of technologies to LDCs and  by the fragmentation of the international legal framework  that regulates technology transfer. Notably, the book  proposes maximal implementation of the TRIPS Agreement  provisions related to technology transfer and recommends  the adoption of a uniform international legal instrument  under the framework of the WTO to be designated as the  Agreement on Trade-Related Issues of Technology Transfer  and Innovation (TRITTI).  The book advocates for  proactivity from African LDCs and urges them to cultivate  environments that attract and enable technology transfer  into their respective states. This will facilitate  technological learning, accelerate absorption and  adaptation fit to an African context, and will catapult  African LDCs down the road of innovation.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49029},
}