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Intellectual Property and the WTO
Fink, Carsten - 2004
-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is one of three pillar agreements, setting out the legal framework in which the World Trade … Organization (WTO) has operated since the end of the Uruguay Round. For the multilateral trading system, TRIPS marked the departure … trade. Yet the TRIPS negotiations on intellectual property were marked by significant North-South differences. Developed …
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The evolution of deep trade agreements
Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
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Deep Trade Agreements and Vertical FDI : The Devil is in the Details
Osnago, Alberto - 2015
Recent data show that the institutional content of preferential trade agreements has evolved over time. Although pre-1990s preferential trade agreements mostly focused on tariff liberalization, recent agreements increasingly contain deep provisions in diverse areas, such as intellectual property...
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The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
Fink, Carsten - 2016
Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright …
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How (not) to fix problems that matter : assessing and responding to Malawi's history of institutional reform
Bridges, Kate; Woolcock, Michael - 2017
Malawi can be understood as a microcosm of institutional reform approaches in developing countries more broadly. A common feature of such approaches, whether implemented by government or donors, is reform initiatives that yield institutions that "look like" those found in higher-performing...
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Flood Risk Management in Dhaka : A Case for Eco-Engineering Approaches and Institutional Reform
World Bank Group - 2015
-20 prepared in collaboration by the Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (World Bank 2016). At present, the World Bank is …
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Making It Happen : Selected Case Studies of Institutional Reforms in South Africa
Alam, Asad - 2016 - Online-Ausg.
enhance knowledge exchange by exporting South Africa's development experience to the world. It is a product of the country …'s Knowledge Hub, developed in partnership with the World Bank Group, to provide evidence-based solutions for enhancing service …
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Regulatory Constraints to Agricultural Productivity
Divanbeigi, Raian - 2017
The economic thinking around the role of agriculture for development has evolved since the 1950s. Over the past decades, the agriculture sector has been rediscovered as a sector with great potential for triggering growth, reducing poverty and inequality, providing food security, and delivering...
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Egypt Policy Note on Public Land Acquisition and Institutional Reforms : Application of Eminent Domain Principles
World Bank - 2017
research productsfrom the technical assistance (TA) program offered by the World Bank to the Egyptian government concerning …
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Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries
World Bank (contributor);  … - International Finance Corporation - 2010
The purpose of this report is to introduce and present key components of the regulatory governance agenda, and to discuss its relevance for developing countries. The paper identifies failings and knowledge gaps relevant to the implementation of regulatory governance initiatives, and it discusses...
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