This article deals with some of the intellectual property protection of biotechnology in developing countries. The article does not pretend to present an exhaustive study about the subject, but to provide an introduction to the problems faced by developing nations. There are several...

African agricultural production is modeled as a sequential decision process, with men's labor first allotted to clearing, then women's labor allotted to harvesting. A switching regression is then used to measure the constraints due to clearing labor capacity and harvesting labor capacity. The...

This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...