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Introducing Copyright: A Plain Language Guide to Copyright in the 21st Century

Julien Hofman

Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2009), xiii, 152 pp.

"The authors of all kinds of works, from the humble email to blockbuster films, rely on copyright to protect what they produce. But authors and those who use their work are often unclear about what copyright allows and what it prohibits. This book was written for those who want to learn about copyri ... more

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Water and Indigenous Peoples

Rutgerd Boelens, Moe Chiba, Douglas Nakashima, Vanessa Retana (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO; Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) (2006), 179 pp.

"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in ... more

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

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Poor People's Knowledge: Promoting Intellectual Property in Developing Countries

J. Michael Finger, Philip Schule (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2004), x, 250 pp.

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ICT4D Connecting People for a Better World: Lessons, Innovations and Perspectives of Information and Communication Technologies in Development

Gerolf Weigel, Daniele Waldburger (eds.)

Berne: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) (2004), 287 pp.

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Intellectual Property: A Power Tool for Economic Growth

Kamil Idris

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2003), 377 pp.

"This book is designed to be a practical guide to the use of intellectual property as a "power tool" for economic growth and wealth creation. Its aim is to give the interested non-specialist an understanding of how intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyright have become increasi ... more

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Global Intellectual Property Rights: Knowledge, Access and Development

Peter Drahos, Ruth Mayne (eds.)

Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan; Oxfam (2002), xiv, 281 pp.

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Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy
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London: Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), 2nd ed. (2002), viii, 178 pp.

"Too often the interests of the “producer” dominate in the evolution of IP policy, and that of the ultimate consumer is neither heard nor heeded. So policy tends to be determined more by the interests of the commercial users of the system, than by an impartial conception of the greater public go ... od. In IPR discussions between developed and developing countries, a similar imbalance exists. The trade ministries of developed nations are mainly influenced by producer interests who see the benefit to them of stronger IP protection in their export markets, while the consumer nations, mainly the developing countries, are less able to identify and represent their own interests against those of the developed nations. Thus we recognise that the rules and practices of intellectual property, and how they evolve, are the product of political economy. Developing countries - and in particular poor consumers of products which may be protected by IP rights - negotiate from a position of relative weakness. There is a fundamental asymmetry in relationships between developed and developing countries, based ultimately on their relative economic strength. The negotiations on TRIPS in the Uruguay Round are but one example. Developing countries accepted TRIPS not because at the time the adoption of intellectual property protection was high on their list of priorities, but partly because they thought the overall package offered, including the reduction of trade protectionism in developed countries, would be beneficial. Now many of them feel that the commitments made by developed countries to liberalise agriculture and textiles and reduce tariffs, have not been honoured, while they have to live with the burdens of the TRIPS agreement. The agreement on a new “development” WTO Round at Doha last year recognises that this bargain, between developed and developing countries, needs to be made explicit and meaningful. The difficulty for developing countries in this context is that they are “second comers” in a world that has been shaped by the “first comers”. And because of that, it is a very different world from that in which the “first comers” developed. It is a cliché to say that we live in an age of globalisation, when the world economy is becoming more integrated. It is an article of faith in the international community that integration on appropriate terms into the world economy is a necessary condition for development. The question from our point of view is what are the appropriate terms for that integration in the field of IPRs. Just as the now-developed countries moulded their IP regimes to suit their particular economic, social and technological circumstances, so developing countries should in principle now be able to do the same." (Overview, page 7-8) more

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Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development

Carlos A. Primo Braga, Carsten Fink, Claudia Paz Sepulveda

Washington, DC: World Bank (2000), ix, 57 pp.

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Tradition for Development: Indigenous Structures and Folk Media in Non-Formal Education

Ross Kidd, Nat Colletta (eds.)

Berlin: German Foundation for International Development (DSE); International Council for Adult Education (1980), 639 pp.

"Case studies and seminar reports are provided that "were presented at an international seminar to examine field experiences in using a culture-based approach to nonformal education. Part 1, containing an introductory paper and nine case studies, 'focuses on indigenous institutions and processes in ... more

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Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy Deep Insights

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy
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