Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Co-founder and Chief Executive and Pedro Roffe, Senior Fellow, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland

‘Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a 459-page compendium cooperatively compiled and edited book featuring informed and informative perspectives from an impressive roster of academicians and experts on a range of intellectual property issues from international case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. Enhanced with an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index, Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a seminal work that is especially recommended for academic, corporate, and governmental reference libraries in general, and the reading lists of policy-makers, trade negotiators, and intellectual property attorneys in particular.'

• Contents: IntroductionPART I: THE NEW IP LANDSCAPESection 1: A General Perspective1. Rights in Basic InformationPeter JasziSection 2: Taking up Reform2. The Politics of Reform in Developing CountriesCarolyn Deere3. Intellectual Property Reforms in ChinaPeter K. Yu4. A Perspective on Reform in Arab CountriesAhmed Abdel LatifSection 3: Implications for Drug Pricing5. A Review of the Economic LiteratureKeith E. MaskusPART II: POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTHSection 1: The Pharmaceutical Sector6. The Case of the Generic Industry in IndiaBiswajit Dhar and K.M. Gopakumar7. TRIPS-Plus Policies and the Pharmaceutical Industry in ThailandJakkrit Kuanpoth8. The Ability to Utilize TRIPS Flexibilities in Sub-Saharan African CountriesTenu Avafia, Jonathan Berger and Trudi HartzenbergSection 2: The Protection of Life Forms and Traditional Knowledge9. Genetic Use Restriction Technologies and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern AfricaPatricia Kameri-Mbote and James Otieno-Odek10. Sui Generis Systems for Plant Variety Protection and Traditional Knowledge in AsiaDaniel RobinsonSection 3: Geographical Indications11. Indications of Geographical Origin in Asia: Legal and Policy Issues to ResolveDwijen RangnekarSection 4: Access to Knowledge and the Role of Research Institutes12. Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern AfricaAndrew Rens, Achal Prabhala and Dick Kawooya13. Innovation and Public Research in Central American CountriesJorge CabreraPART III: RESPONSES TO THE TRIPS-PLUS WORLD14. Promoting Checks and BalancesCarsten Fink15. A Model Law for the Protection of Undisclosed DataCarlos M. Correa16. Enforcement Provisions of EPAsSisule F. MusunguBibliographyIndex

Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Co-founder and Chief Executive and Pedro Roffe, Senior Fellow, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland

‘Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a 459-page compendium cooperatively compiled and edited book featuring informed and informative perspectives from an impressive roster of academicians and experts on a range of intellectual property issues from international case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. Enhanced with an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index, Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a seminal work that is especially recommended for academic, corporate, and governmental reference libraries in general, and the reading lists of policy-makers, trade negotiators, and intellectual property attorneys in particular.'

• Contents: IntroductionPART I: THE NEW IP LANDSCAPESection 1: A General Perspective1. Rights in Basic InformationPeter JasziSection 2: Taking up Reform2. The Politics of Reform in Developing CountriesCarolyn Deere3. Intellectual Property Reforms in ChinaPeter K. Yu4. A Perspective on Reform in Arab CountriesAhmed Abdel LatifSection 3: Implications for Drug Pricing5. A Review of the Economic LiteratureKeith E. MaskusPART II: POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTHSection 1: The Pharmaceutical Sector6. The Case of the Generic Industry in IndiaBiswajit Dhar and K.M. Gopakumar7. TRIPS-Plus Policies and the Pharmaceutical Industry in ThailandJakkrit Kuanpoth8. The Ability to Utilize TRIPS Flexibilities in Sub-Saharan African CountriesTenu Avafia, Jonathan Berger and Trudi HartzenbergSection 2: The Protection of Life Forms and Traditional Knowledge9. Genetic Use Restriction Technologies and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern AfricaPatricia Kameri-Mbote and James Otieno-Odek10. Sui Generis Systems for Plant Variety Protection and Traditional Knowledge in AsiaDaniel RobinsonSection 3: Geographical Indications11. Indications of Geographical Origin in Asia: Legal and Policy Issues to ResolveDwijen RangnekarSection 4: Access to Knowledge and the Role of Research Institutes12. Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern AfricaAndrew Rens, Achal Prabhala and Dick Kawooya13. Innovation and Public Research in Central American CountriesJorge CabreraPART III: RESPONSES TO THE TRIPS-PLUS WORLD14. Promoting Checks and BalancesCarsten Fink15. A Model Law for the Protection of Undisclosed DataCarlos M. Correa16. Enforcement Provisions of EPAsSisule F. MusunguBibliographyIndex

Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Co-founder and Chief Executive and Pedro Roffe, Senior Fellow, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland

‘Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a 459-page compendium cooperatively compiled and edited book featuring informed and informative perspectives from an impressive roster of academicians and experts on a range of intellectual property issues from international case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. Enhanced with an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index, Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development is a seminal work that is especially recommended for academic, corporate, and governmental reference libraries in general, and the reading lists of policy-makers, trade negotiators, and intellectual property attorneys in particular.'

• Contents: IntroductionPART I: THE NEW IP LANDSCAPESection 1: A General Perspective1. Rights in Basic InformationPeter JasziSection 2: Taking up Reform2. The Politics of Reform in Developing CountriesCarolyn Deere3. Intellectual Property Reforms in ChinaPeter K. Yu4. A Perspective on Reform in Arab CountriesAhmed Abdel LatifSection 3: Implications for Drug Pricing5. A Review of the Economic LiteratureKeith E. MaskusPART II: POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTHSection 1: The Pharmaceutical Sector6. The Case of the Generic Industry in IndiaBiswajit Dhar and K.M. Gopakumar7. TRIPS-Plus Policies and the Pharmaceutical Industry in ThailandJakkrit Kuanpoth8. The Ability to Utilize TRIPS Flexibilities in Sub-Saharan African CountriesTenu Avafia, Jonathan Berger and Trudi HartzenbergSection 2: The Protection of Life Forms and Traditional Knowledge9. Genetic Use Restriction Technologies and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern AfricaPatricia Kameri-Mbote and James Otieno-Odek10. Sui Generis Systems for Plant Variety Protection and Traditional Knowledge in AsiaDaniel RobinsonSection 3: Geographical Indications11. Indications of Geographical Origin in Asia: Legal and Policy Issues to ResolveDwijen RangnekarSection 4: Access to Knowledge and the Role of Research Institutes12. Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern AfricaAndrew Rens, Achal Prabhala and Dick Kawooya13. Innovation and Public Research in Central American CountriesJorge CabreraPART III: RESPONSES TO THE TRIPS-PLUS WORLD14. Promoting Checks and BalancesCarsten Fink15. A Model Law for the Protection of Undisclosed DataCarlos M. Correa16. Enforcement Provisions of EPAsSisule F. MusunguBibliographyIndex