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

by J. Michael Finger

Book Overview

How can we help poor people earn more from their knowledge--rather than from their sweat and muscle alone? This book is about increasing the earnings of poor people in poor countries from their innovation, knowledge, and creative skills. Case studies look at the African music industry; traditional crafts and ways to prevent counterfeit crafts designs; the activities of fair trade organizations; biopiracy and the commercialization of ethnobotanical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821354876
• ISBN13: 9780821354872
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"