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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...

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Published in:Political Studies Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 123 - 147
Main Author: May, Christopher
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2006
Subjects:
Economics
International trade
World Trade Organization
Open source software
Intellectual property
Property rights
Developing countries
Ethnology
Africa
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