@article{49399,
      recid = {49399},
      author = {Cuntz, Alexander, and Mueller-Langer, Frank, and  Muscarnera, Alessio, and Oguguo, Prince C., and Scheufen,  Marc,},
      title = {Access to science and Innovation in the Developing World :  Economic Research Working Paper No.78.},
      pages = {62 pages ;},
      abstract = {We examine the implications of lowering barriers to online  access to scientific publications for science and  innovation in developing countries. We investigate whether  and how free or low-cost access to scientific publications  through the UN-led Research For Life (R4L) initiative leads  to more scientific publications and clinical trials of  authors affiliated with research institutions in developing  countries. We find that free or reduced-fee access to the  health science literature through Hinari (WHO-led  subprogramme) increases the scientific publication output  and clinical trials output of institutions in developing  countries. In contrast, once we control for selection bias,  we do not find empirical support for a positive Hinari  effect on knowledge spillovers and local institutions'  research input into global patenting, as measured by paper  citations in patent documents. Main findings can be  generalized to other R4L subprogrammes and are likely to  also apply to the WIPO-led Access to Research for  Development and Innovation (ARDI) programme.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49399},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.49399},
}