Intellectual property rights
- Government procurement in Economic Partnership Agreements and FTAs
- South Centre, 2008
- The ability of governments to procure from firms of its own choice can be an important development tool and can also be an instrument for macroeconomic management. This Policy Brief analyses the scope...
- Article XXIV and RTAs: how much wiggle room for developing countries?
- South Centre, 2008
- The issue of "WTO Compatibility" of regional trade areas (RTAs) has been intensely debated ever since the days of the GATT. This paper argues for the need to insert strong special and differ...
- EPAs and development assistance: rebalancing rights and obligations
- South Centre, 2008
- The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and several regions of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) mark a fundamental change in the EU-ACP econ...
- African countries and the EPAs: do agriculture safeguards afford adequate protection?
- A. Kwa / South Centre, 2008
- The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and African countries are likely to exacerbate the food import surges from Europe. In the EPAs negotiations,...
- Financing for development: from Monterrey to Doha
- South Centre, 2008
- This Analytical Note aims to evaluate how far the commitments contained in the 2002 Monterrey Consensus were fulfilled. It also seeks to examine the adequacy of the Monterrey Consensus as a framewo...
- Controversial points in the discussion on Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) in the Doha Round
- South Centre, 2008
- The Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) is often quoted as one of the main controversial points that lead to the failure to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) mini-ministerial process in July 2008. The ...
- The role of decentralised renewable energy technologies in adaptation to climate change in developing countries.
- South Centre, 2008
- This paper analyses the positive impact of decentralised renewable energy technologies that enhance climate change adaptation capacity in developing countries facing increasing climate change-related ...
- Capital flows from south to north: a new dynamic in global economic relations
- South Centre, 2008
- Focusing on the new dynamic of capital flows from the South to the North, this analytical note looks at some of the reasons for the unprecedented levels of capital reserve accumulation by the ...
- Beyond the Paris Declaration
- B.W. Mkapa / South Centre, 2008
- In his foreword to the South Centre's latest book, 'Ending Aid Dependence' , Benjamin W. Mkapa - President of Tanzania 1995–2005 - endorses the central message of the publication and cal...
- Integrating public health concerns into patent legislation in developing countries
- C. Correa / South Centre, 2008
- The implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is emerging as a major concern for all developing countries (DCs). This paper intends to assist the...
