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Intellectual Property and Human Development: Current Trends and Future Scenarios
Edited By Tzen Wong
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Description for Intellectual Property and Human Development: Current Trends and Future Scenarios
paperback. Examines the impact of intellectual property laws on key areas of human development. Editor(s): Wong, Tzen; Dutfield, Graham. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644. Current Trends and Future Scenarios. 448 pages. Editor(s): Wong, Tzen; Dutfield, Graham. Examines the impact of intellectual property laws on key areas of human development. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: LNR. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight: 640.
This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of development, with local contexts and culture in mind. A resource for policy-makers, stakeholders, non-profits and students, this volume furthermore highlights alternative modes of innovation that are emerging to address such diverse challenges as neglected or resurgent diseases in developing countries and the harnessing of creative possibilities ... Read more
This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of development, with local contexts and culture in mind. A resource for policy-makers, stakeholders, non-profits and students, this volume furthermore highlights alternative modes of innovation that are emerging to address such diverse challenges as neglected or resurgent diseases in developing countries and the harnessing of creative possibilities ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521138284
SKU
V9780521138284
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About Edited By Tzen Wong
Tzen Wong is a researcher and writer on topics including intellectual property, innovation and development. She has a background in law and social sciences (economics and sociology). After obtaining her master's degree in law from the University of Cambridge, UK, she has been active in the non-profit sector and is Managing Editor for the Intellectual Property and Human Development research ... Read more
Reviews for Intellectual Property and Human Development: Current Trends and Future Scenarios
'The wide range of policy issues and disciplinary approaches discussed in this impressive volume offers a rich and varied narrative on the challenges that lie ahead in integrating the many imperatives and concerns of human development into intellectual property law and policy-making initiatives in the future.' Duncan Matthews, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities