Escaping the TRIPs’ Trap: The Political Economy of Free and Open Source Software in Africa.
Across sub-Saharan Africa, the promise of ‘informational development’ is proclaimed. The global governance of intellectual property rights (IPRs), however, currently structured through the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) agreement and overseen by the World Trade Organis...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 123 - 147 |
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Mar2006
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