Restructuring the Global Vaccine IndustryBy Felix Lobo
The purpose of this report is to analyse the vaccines industry under the focus of Industrial Economics as an input for the design of the pertinent instruments to promote development, manufacturing and (more...)
Combatting Tax Treaty Abuse: Tools available under the BEPS Multilateral Instrument By Kuldeep Sharma, ADIT (CIOT,UK)
The anxiety of taxpayers, consultants and advisors over the consistent application of Principal Purpose Test (PPT) provisions in tax treaties can now be put (more...)
Guidelines for the examination of patent applications relating to pharmaceuticalsBy Carlos M. Correa
This document represents a follow-up to an earlier document, Guidelines for the Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents: Developing a Public Health Perspective, which (more...)
Issues in Financing Education as a Human Right: Central principles for public policy responsesby Kishore Singh
The realization of the right to education requires adequate financing of education. Public policy responses to (more...)
Statement by the South Centre to the Third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
The South Centre, the intergovernmental think tank of developing countries based in Geneva, is pleased to participate in the third meeting of (more...)
The Investment Facilitation Framework & Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Treatment By Peter Lunenborg
The issue of Investment Facilitation (IF) is one of the ‘Joint Statement Initiatives’ which has been under negotiation for a number of years between certain World (more...)
Comments on the Statement on a Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the EconomyThe BEPS Monitoring Group, 31 July 2021
On 1 July 2021 a statement was issued by the OECD outlining the agreement reached through the Inclusive (more...)
South Centre Submission to the 18th Session of the CGRFA
The South Centre presents its compliments to the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) and is pleased to send to the Commission the following information on its programmes and activities relevant (more...)
EU Proposals regarding Article 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic By Nirmalya Syam
This Policy Brief presents an analysis of the proposal by the European Union (EU) with regards to Article 31bis of the Agreement on (more...)
Virtual Consultation in support of the UN Working Group’s 2021 Report to the UN General Assembly on Human Rights-Compatible International Investment AgreementsSouth Centre, 23 June 2021
Foreign direct investment (FDI) should support States’ efforts to “bring (more...)
The TRIPS COVID-19 Waiver, Challenges for Africa and Decolonizing Intellectual PropertyBy Yousuf Vawda
The intellectual property (IP) regimes of African countries are a function of their colonial past, which imposed strong protections, and which have been entrenched (more...)