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Innovation in Africa : Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer.
2024
F 191 SAN.I
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Title
Innovation in Africa : Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer.
Item Type
Book
Description
xx, 252 pages.
ISBN
9780192857309 Print
9780192671677 eBook
9780192671677 eBook
Alternate Call Number
F 191 SAN.I
Summary
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.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of boxes
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Foundations - 1: General introduction
2: The first manifestations of ingenuity of humankind and its protection
3: Dynamics of the extension of the western style IP system into the African continent
Part II. The use of Intellectual Property to Fostering Development in Africa
4: The challenges of promoting innovation through technology transfer into Africa
5: Maximising the use of the TRIPS Agreement to promote technology transfer and innovation in Africa
Part III. Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer and Innovation in Africa
6: The proposal to establish the agreement on Trade-Related Issues of Technology Transfer and Innovation (TRITTI)
7: The role of developing states and IDCs in the quest for technology transfer: Recommendations
8: Final conclusions and recommendations
References
Index
Acknowledgments
List of boxes
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Foundations - 1: General introduction
2: The first manifestations of ingenuity of humankind and its protection
3: Dynamics of the extension of the western style IP system into the African continent
Part II. The use of Intellectual Property to Fostering Development in Africa
4: The challenges of promoting innovation through technology transfer into Africa
5: Maximising the use of the TRIPS Agreement to promote technology transfer and innovation in Africa
Part III. Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer and Innovation in Africa
6: The proposal to establish the agreement on Trade-Related Issues of Technology Transfer and Innovation (TRITTI)
7: The role of developing states and IDCs in the quest for technology transfer: Recommendations
8: Final conclusions and recommendations
References
Index
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Language
English
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