A Proposal for a New Approach to Restructuring African Eurobonds: The DOVE Fund and PrinciplesBy Daniel Bradlow
This article argues that the current arrangements for restructuring sovereign bonds do not meet Africa’s needs. African states and their supporters (more...)
Revenue Effects of the Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate for African EconomiesBy Seydou Coulibaly
This policy brief provides the first piece of empirical evidence on the revenue implications of the recent global minimum tax rate reform agreement for African economies. We (more...)
TRIPS Flexibilities and Access to Medicines: An Evaluation of Barriers to Employing Compulsory Licenses for Patented Pharmaceuticals at the WTOBy Anna S.Y. Wong, Clarke B. Cole, Jillian C. Kohler
Under Articles 31 and 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement, WTO members may (more...)
Key Messages from the High-level meeting organized by UNCTAD and South Centre on Building South-South Solidarity on Climate AdaptationGeneva, 25 October 2022
Drawing on the discussions from the meeting organised by UNCTAD and South Centre on (more...)
Analysing Intersections between Climate Change and Human RightsBy Daniel Uribe Teran and Luis Fernando Rosales
The effects of climate change on people’s daily lives threaten the full enjoyment of human rights. The Human Rights Council adopted two landmark (more...)
Understanding the Main Elements for an Operational Definition of Climate FinanceBy Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada
An operational definition of climate finance could contribute to facilitating access of developing countries to needed public and private financial resources to (more...)
SOUTH CENTRE STATEMENT TO THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Human rights violations in the context of business operations, either directly by transnational corporations or through (more...)
Reducing the Unnecessary Use of Antimicrobials in Animal FarmingBy Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
Antimicrobial resistance is aggravated due to excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and animal health and in plant and animal agriculture. While international (more...)
Statement by Dr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director of the South Centre, to the Ministers and Governors Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)October 2022, Washington, D.C.
Amid multiple crises and facing gloomier global economic prospects for (more...)
Harnessing the Multilateral Patent and Plant Variety Protection Regimes to Advance Food Security:Implications of the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (more...)
A Breakthrough in Negotiations on Intellectual Property, Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge in WIPO? By Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
This Policy Brief provides a brief summary of the current negotiations in the World Intellectual Property Organization (more...)
Lessons From India’s Implementation of Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public HealthBy Nanditta Batra
The major bone of contention between the developed and developing countries in the TRIPS negotiations was patents for pharmaceuticals. The US-led developed countries (more...)
