The aim of this chapter is to evaluate the importance of the environment in Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEE) in the general context of current social, economic and political reforms since the early 1990s and, more precisely, to examine the extent to which these emerging democracies...

The article claims that the TRIPS standard-setting i.e. strengthening IPRS in agriculture and pharmaceuticals caries mixed economic prospects and concerns for an agriculture-prone and densely populated least developed country (LDC) like Bangladesh. With the lack of R&D due to low income, the...