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    Strategic sourcing of Indian pharmaceuticals: a blueprint for creating a global buyer’s guide

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    The study is a detailed research of one of the recommendations from another DfID funded study titled: “Dynamics of Pharmaceutical Quality Systems for the Export of Pharmaceuticals from India to Africa”.
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    Status of Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in the SADC region: the need to expedite plant variety protection in SADC countries

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    The basic objective of the FANRPAN study into plant variety protection (PVP) systems in five target SADC countries was to establish an overview of the status of legal protection of ownership of plant varieties, as well as experience, benefits and deficiencies in these systems. The study also attempted to quantify impact of adoption or non-adoption of plant variety protection systems.
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    Intellectual property regime, indigenous knowledge system and access and benefit sharing: drawing lessons from Kani case

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    Since the adoption of Doha Declaration, relationship between indigenous knowledge system (IKS) and TRIPs related issues have come at the centre stage as most of the members of World Trade Organisation (WTO) have emphasised on delineating and other parts of the plant for phytochemical and pharmacological studies at the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) at Jammu, as the AICRPE project was coordi
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    Who uses the patent system in developing countries? A study of patent propensities in Argentina,

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009
    As it is well known, technological innovation is a key determinant of the firms’ performance. There is evidence of this relation not only for firms that operate in the developed countries (Kleinknecht y Mohnen, 2002), but also for the ones in the developing countries, including Argentina (Chudnovsky et al, 2006).
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    Policy considerations of adopting Geographical Indication protection in South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Geographical Indication (GI) refers to a proper name or a sign that identifies a certain product with a specific geographical location (the product’s origin) such as a province, a town or a country. The definition also implies that the product has specific qualities such as shelf life, texture, flavour, scent or nutritional properties related to its geographical origin.
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    Geographical indications at the WTO: an unfinished agenda

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2010
    Over the recent past, Geographical Indication (GI) has emerged as one of the most contentious categories of intellectual property (IP). Two among the three TRIPS issues presently under discussion at the WTO pertain to GIs, the third being the relationship between the TRIPS and the CBD.
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    India’s trade in drugs and pharmaceuticals: emerging trends, opportunities and challenges

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009
    It was argued in the context of economic reforms in pharmaceuticals sector, particularly in the context of changing patent regime, that growth in exports would be restricted, imports would get a fillip and balance of trade would be adversely affected. The paper looks into the recent experience in exports and imports of drugs and pharmaceutical products.
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    Towards a more equitable outcome from Rio plus 20

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012
    The “Rio plus 20” summit being held on 20-22 June 2012 provides an opportunity to launch a process for forging a new global compact, underpinned by greater equity and policy space for the developing countries, for dealing with sustainable development in an integrated and holistic fashion, and for moving away from the ‘silo’-mentality.
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    The macro-micro nexus and public procurement support policy for SMEs: the case of pharmaceuticals in Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The purpose of the paper is to inform the open dialogue on further development on the frame of public procurement in Egypt and present some advice for policy making on fostering the accessibility of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to public tender market. Observations of previous research showed that SMEs are facing many challenges in this market.
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    Prepare for new environmental standards in the global textile value chain

    2013
    This paper reflects the outcome of a study about environmental standards and their trade impacts – the case of Indian textiles and clothes (T&C) eco-labels in Nordic markets. The paper highlights that there is a substantial consumer pressure in Norway for more sustainable and eco-friendly solutions or eco-labels in particular.

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