Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
12-2024
ISBN
9781108841702
DOI
10.1017/9781108894722.005
Abstract
This chapter criticizes the oversimplification of the binary North–South debate on intellectual property, innovation, and global inequality and highlights the wide geographic, sectoral, and income inequalities within middle-income countries. It begins by explaining why the arrival of these countries has called into question the North–South debate. The chapter then moves from the widely studied subject of global inequality to the underexplored topic of national inequality. Focusing on the intellectual property context, the discussion highlights the considerable subnational variations in the economic and technological conditions of middle-income countries. To combat national inequality, this chapter concludes by recommending interventions in three areas: (1) international norm-setting, (2) national policymaking, and (3) academic and policy research.
First Page
81
Last Page
105
Num Pages
25
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Rights
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/
Editor
Daniel Benoliel, Peter K. Yu, Francis Gurry, & Keun Lee
Book Title
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Inequality
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
Intellectual Property, Global Inequality, and Subnational Policy Variations,
in
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Inequality
81
(Daniel Benoliel, Peter K. Yu, Francis Gurry, & Keun Lee eds., 2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/2173
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