international technology diffusion, trade, cross-country productivity differences, financial development and fluctuations. In many …

This chapter surveys the literature on international trade and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in … the global economy. The discussion is organized around the major questions in the field. How does openness to trade affect … support the major arguments for and against the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS …

countries with similar or different levels of development. The main results indicate that regional trade agreements (RTAs) that …This is the first paper that analyzes for a global sample how trade agreements that include technology … provisions relating technology transfer, technical cooperation, research and development (R&D), and patents and intellectual …

The paper - which will introduce the book Intellectual Property Rights: Legal and Economic Challenges for Development … - discusses the role of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the process of development, both from the point of view of the …

transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …