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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.
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  Drug patents under the spotlight: sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  This report aims to offer new approaches to those seeking to overcome patent barriers.
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  Access to essential medicines and university research: building best practices: workshop report

  Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, 2002

  This paper reports on a workshop designed to discuss what universities as intellectual property holders can do to promote access to essential medicines and medical technologies in developing countries. Several key points emerged from the discussions:universities play a crucial role in the development of new medicines and medical technologies.
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  After the collapse: developed countries must become re-engaged after the failed Cancun ministerial

  Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 2003

  This commentary looks at the nature and potential impact of the collapse of talks at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, held in Cancun, Mexico, in September 2003.
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  Engineering nutrition: GM crops for global justice?

  Food Ethics Council, 2003

  This report challenges the dominant view of the scientific establishment that the future of agriculture lies with genetic modification technologies.
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  Intellectual property rights: food for the rich but poison for the poor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Can rules concerning intellectual property rights (IPRs) benefit developing countries and reduce poverty? How should IPR rules and regimes cover access to genetic resources? Are the costs involved in patent litigation a necessary price to pay for the incentives offered by the patent system?
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  The General Council Chairperson’s statement on intellectual property

  World Trade Organization, 2003

  The General Council has been presented with a draft Decision to implement paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
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  Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health

  World Trade Organization, 2003

  Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration, which was agreed at the Fourth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial conference in Doha in 2001, recognised that countries with insufficient or no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacities could face difficulties in making effective use of compulsory licensing under the TRIPS Agreement.
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  The new “deal” on TRIPS and drugs: what does it mean for access to medicines?

  Third World Network, 2003

  The Doha Declaration had confirmed the right of developing countries to use compulsory licences to override patents on medicines to allow generic drug manufacturers to produce cheaper versions of patented medicines. However, Ministers at Doha couldn’t agree on how developing countries without domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity could effectively use compulsory licences.
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  TRIPS, pharmaceutical patents, and access to essential medicines: a long way from Seattle to Doha

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2003

  Public health advocates welcomed the Doha Declaration as an important achievement because it gave primacy to public health over private intellectual property, and clarified World Trade Organization (WTO) Members' rights to use trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) safeguards.

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