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Poor people's knowledge : promoting intellectual property in developing countries
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ISBN: 0821354876 9786610084425 1280084421 0821383698 0585496137 Year: 2004 Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press,

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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 knowledge; the use of intellectual property laws and other tools to protect traditional knowledge. The contributors' motivation is sometimes to maint

Stolen fruit : the tropical commodities disaster.
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ISBN: 1842772813 1842772805 0864866348 8187380829 1552661113 Year: 2003 Publisher: London Zed

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The political economy of hunger.
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ISBN: 0198286376 019828635X 0198286368 9780198286370 0191718467 128206083X 0191544469 9786612060830 0191718459 0198860188 0191544477 1281978248 9786611978242 0191718440 0191544485 1281978256 9786611978259 0198860196 019886017X 9780198286356 9780198286363 Year: 1991 Volume: *12 Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon,

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Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.

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Famines --- Food relief --- Hunger --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Disaster studies --- Case studies. --- Disasters --- Famine --- Famine. --- Aide alimentaire --- 330.56 <1-773> --- -Famines --- -Food relief --- -Hunger --- -Appetite --- Famine relief --- Food aid programs --- Food assistance programs --- Emergency food supply --- Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger--Gebieden in ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingslanden --- -Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger--Gebieden in ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingslanden --- 330.56 <1-773> Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger--Gebieden in ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingslanden --- -Famine relief --- Faim --- Case studies --- Etudes de cas --- Cas, Etudes de --- Fasting --- Starvation --- Disaster relief --- Humanitarian assistance --- Public welfare --- Food supply --- Third World: agricultural and food problems --- Asia --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Africa [Sub-Saharan ] --- Asia [South ] --- South Africa --- Famines - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Case studies. --- Food relief - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Case studies. --- Famines - South Asia - Case studies. --- Food relief - South Africa - Case studies. --- Hunger - Case studies. --- Économie du développement --- Famines. --- Developing countries: agricultural and food problems --- Appetite --- Food distribution programs --- Famines - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Famines - South Asia --- Food relief - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Food relief - South Africa --- Hunger. --- Food supply. --- Food control --- Produce trade --- Agriculture --- Food security --- Single cell proteins --- -Case studies

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