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An unprecedented surge in the scope and level of intellectual
property rights (IPR) protection has been engulfing the world. This
globalizing trend has shifted the balance of interests between
private innovators and society at large and tensions have flared
around key public policy concerns. As developing nations' policy
options to use IPRs in support of their broader development
strategy are being rapidly narrowed down, many experts are
questioning the one-size-fits-all approach to IPR protection and
are backing a rebalancing of the global regime. Developing
countries face huge challenges when designing and implementing
IPR-policy on all levels. This book offers perspectives from a
diverse range of developing country participants including civil
society participants, farmers, grassroots organizations,
researchers and government officials. Contributions from well-known
developed country authorities round out the selections.
Do the World Trade Organization's rules on 'green box' farm
subsidies allow both rich and poor countries to achieve important
goals such as food security, or do they worsen poverty, distort
trade and harm the environment? Current WTO requirements set no
ceiling on the amount of green box subsidies that governments can
provide, on the basis that these payments cause only minimal trade
distortion. Governments are thus increasingly shifting their
subsidy spending into this category, as they come under pressure to
reduce subsidies that are more directly linked to production.
However, growing evidence nonetheless suggests that green box
payments can affect production and trade, harm farmers in
developing countries and cause environmental damage. By bringing
together new research and critical thinking, this book examines the
relationship between green box subsidies and the achievement of
sustainable development goals, and explores options for future
reform.
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