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The Development Agenda for WIPO: Another Stillbirth? A Battle Between Access to Knowledge and Enclosure

Pedro De Paranaguá Moniz
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas)


July 1, 2005


Abstract:     
The private sector has played and continues to play a decisive role in the shaping of policy-making concerning knowledge-based goods. The result is an unequal battle between access to knowledge and enclosure favouring the latter over the former. Such an unbalanced scenario chiefly affects the South, but has implications for the public everywhere. The Development Agenda being proposed for adoption by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and which has been advocated for and designed by developing countries governments in collaboration with a coalition of governments, academics, civil society and public interest NGOs from both North and South, is the latest attempt to bring a balance to this scenario. However, the Development Agenda is encountering opposition and despite the unique nature of the coalition backing it, the outcome is uncertain.

Keywords: access to knowledge, A2K, intellectual property, WIPO, development agenda, TRIPS, sustainable development, NGO, knowledge-based goods, patent, copyright, IP, IPRs

JEL Classifications: K39, K33, L32, L42, L44, O19, O38, O32, O34, Z10

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Date posted: November 14, 2005 ; Last revised: March 03, 2006

Suggested Citation

Moniz, Pedro De Paranaguá, The Development Agenda for WIPO: Another Stillbirth? A Battle Between Access to Knowledge and Enclosure (July 1, 2005). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=844366


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Pedro De Paranaguá Moniz (Contact Author)
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas) ( email )
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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