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  Leveraging the private sector for public health objectives: a briefing paper for DFID on technology transfer in the pharmaceuticals sector

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study maps a variety of Technology Transfer (TT) experiences and analyses the motivations behind the enabling agreements. TT is defined as the dissemination of knowledge and expertise from developed country organisations to developing country organisations.
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  The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China: considerations for access to medicines

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product patents affect the pharmaceutical industries in these countries; and what will happen to the supply of low-priced medicines domestically and internationally.
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  Processes and issues for improving access to medicines: willingness and ability to utilise TRIPS flexibilities in non-producing countries

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC paper examines ways in which a non-producing country (NPD) can utilise TRIPS flexibilities, primarily focusing on importation. It also examines how to promote local production through pharmaceutical capacity building and through both compulsory and voluntary licensing.
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  The role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies

  Centre For Economic And Social Studies, India, 2004

  The last two decades of the twentieth century saw an intense debate on several intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the international fora.
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  The role of registers and databases in the protection of traditional knowledge: a comparative analysis

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  There are various mechanisms which can be used to protect Traditional Knowledge (TK).
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  The international regime for bioprospecting: existing policies and emerging issues for Antarctica

  United Nations University, 2003

  The aim of this paper, by the United Nations University and the Institute of Advanced Studies, is to assist parties in preparations for biological prospecting in Antarctica.
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  Integrating development into WIPO activities and processes: strategies for the 2004 WIPO Assemblies

  South Centre, 2004

  This background paper has been prepared by the South Centre and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) to assist developing countries to think through the various issues on the agenda of the 2004 WIPO Assemblies.
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  Technology and globalisation: who gains when commodities are de-commodified?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper, from the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, discusses coffee markets, growers, the chain of production and consumers in the light of globalisation and technology.Conclusions of the paper include:coffee has long been characterised as a commodity with falling terms of trade and volatile pricesthere is a growing uneven distribution of income in the globa
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  Governing the GM crop revolution: policy choices for developing countries

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  This paper introduces a system for classifying policy choices toward GM crops in the areas of intellectual property rights, food safety, biosafety, trade, and public research investment.
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  Liability and redress in the field of biotechnology: towards the development of rules at the national and international levels

  International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2004

  This paper discusses the issues surrounding the question of liability in relation to the introduction of genetically modified organisms and the related environmental impacts.

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