Gender, Tax Reform and Taxation Cooperation Issues: Navigating Equity and Efficiency under Policy ConstraintsBy Dr. Mariama Williams
This policy brief has sought to present a review of the state of thinking and research on a pressing issue of the day: tax reform and (more...)
USMCA debe ser enmendado para asegurar el acceso a medicamentos en MéxicoPor Maria Fabiana Jorge
El capítulo del U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)/Tratado entre México, los Estados Unidos y el Canadá (T-MEC) dedicado a los derechos de propiedad intelectual (DPI) (more...)
Intellectual Property under the Scrutiny of Investor-State Tribunals Legitimacy and New ChallengesBy Clara Ducimetière
In 2009, C.S. Gibson was suggesting that: “With this early coverage of intellectual property in BITs, it is perhaps (more...)
‘Playing’ it right: A path aheadBy A.L.A. Azeez
The Olympic ideal and inclusive sports and their contribution to the promotion of human rights, peace and development were extensively deliberated on at the United Nations Human Rights Council Social Forum 2018. The (more...)
Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures in Developing Countries: the need to end the US embargo on CubaBy Vicente Paolo Yu and Adriano José Timossi
On 1 November 2018, the 193 Member States of the United Nations (UN) held the twenty-seventh consecutive annual vote of the (more...)
Antivirales de acción directa para la Hepatitis C: evolución de los criterios de patentabilidad y su impacto en la salud pública en ColombiaPor Francisco A. Rossi B. y Claudia M. Vargas P.
La hepatitis C en el siglo XXI y el VIH en el final del siglo XX han (more...)
Inequality is one of the greatest challenges that the world needs to face. Inequality is intimately linked with poverty. Although there has been progress in reducing poverty, a large part of the global population (overwhelmingly living in developing countries) is still denied access to a dignified (more...)
South Centre Quarterly Report, 1 April to 30 June 2019
This report summarizes the programmatic activities of the South Centre during the period 1st April to 30th June 2019. It is intended to provide information, organized by themes, about recent developments in the (more...)
Understanding global inequality in the 21st centuryBy Jayati Ghosh
Inequality has increased since it caught the attention of the international community. The claims that global inequality has decreased because of the faster rise in per capita incomes in populous (more...)
Access to medicines: US democrat lawmakers oppose intellectual property rules in the USMCA restraining access to affordable biosimilars
On July 11, 2019, US democrat lawmakers signed a letter addressed to US Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, expressing strong opposition (more...)
Mainstreaming or Dilution? Intellectual Property and Development in WIPOBy Nirmalya Syam
In 2007 Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) unanimously adopted a set of 45 recommendations which constitute the WIPO Development Agenda. (more...)