Fully updated in this second edition, this collection provides and analyses the latest legal, economic, political and social research, and advanced current thinking on the relationship between intellectual property and trade and development.

PART I: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE GLOBAL LINKAGES ; 1. Economic Growth and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom ; 2. Intellectual Property Treaties and Development ; 3. The Dynamics of International Intellectual Property Policymaking ; 4. TRIPS and Development: An Update ; 5. Knowledge Management and Access to Essential Technologies ; PART II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE REGIONAL LINKAGES ; 6. TRIPS, TRIPS Plus and Patentability Requirements, with a Specific Focus on Impacts in Latin America ; 7. TRIPS, TRIPS Plus and Development in Africa ; 8. TRIPS and TRIPS Plus and Development in South Asia ; PART III: OPTIMIZING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NORMS ; 9. Intellectual Property, Development Strategies and Human Right ; 10. Intellectual Property and Theories of Developmental Justice ; 11. A Model for Access to Educational Resources and Innovation in the Developing World ; 12. Traditional Knowledge as a Source of Innovation ; 13. Global Ethical Boundaries of Intellectual Property and Development: The Case of the Human Genome Sequencing

The only comprehensive analysis of contemporary intellectual property, trade and development research Meets a growing need to understand the connections between intellectual property and trade rules, in the context of economic and social development Sets out implementation strategies for TRIPS, TRIPS Plus norms and intellectual property rules Written by a team of recognized experts in the various subjects covered

The only comprehensive analysis of contemporary intellectual property, trade and development research Meets a growing need to understand the connections between intellectual property and trade rules, in the context of economic and social development Sets out implementation strategies for TRIPS, TRIPS Plus norms and intellectual property rules Written by a team of recognized experts in the various subjects covered