New Sourcebook | RIS Bibliography on South-South Cooperation, 2016

RIS Bibliography on South-South Cooperation

edited by Beena Pandey with Kashika Arora, Akanksha Batra, Pratyush, Divya Prakash, Jyoti, and Sushila. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India, 2016.

Summary: The RIS Bibliography on South-South Cooperation includes selected books, documents and research articles on five broad sectors, viz. Broad Themes, Trade and Investment, Sectoral Studies, Technology and Technology Transfer and Miscellaneous. It is a result of collective efforts made by a research team and the RIS Library team.  This is an on-going work, not an exhaustive bibliography.

Table of Contents

1. Broad Themes

2. Trade and Investment

3. Sectoral Studies

4. Technology and Technology Transfer

5. Miscellaneous 

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CfPs | CCI National Conference on the Economics of Competition Law | 2-3 March 2017 in New Delhi

CCI's National Conference on the Economics of Competition Law 

2-3 March 2017 in New Delhi

Call for Papers

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is organizing the second annual two-day National Conference on the 'Economics of Competition Law' on 2-3 March 2017 in New Delhi. Papers are invited from Economists on the following

broad themes:

• Market definition and measuring market power
• Economics of cartels and collusion
• Economics of abuse of dominant position
• Economic analysis in merger review
• Any other theme related to enforcement of the Competition Act, 2002.

Interested scholars are invited to send an abstract of 100 words and an extended abstract of 1,000 words of original research papers along with their bio-data and professional contact details to ecoseminar@cci.gov.in. The last date for submission of abstract is 5th September 2016. Authors of the accepted papers will be invited to present their papers in the conference. Depending on the quality of submissions, some papers may be considered for publication by the CCI. The authors of the selected papers will be considered for honorarium. Those from outside Delhi/NCR would also be eligible for reimbursement of TA/DA on the submission of original bills and invoices. For details please visit http://www.cci.gov.in.

New Book | Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies | by Calestous Juma

To be released soon
Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies
by Calestous Juma. Oxford University Press, New York, Hardback, 432 Pages, ISBN: 9780190467036.Description: The rise of artificial intelligence has rekindled a long-standing debate regarding the impact of technology on employment. This is just one of many areas where exponential advances in technology signal both hope and fear, leading to public controversy. This book shows that many debates over new technologies are framed in the context of risks to moral values, human health, and environmental safety. But it argues that behind these legitimate concerns often lie deeper, but unacknowledged, socioeconomic considerations. Technological tensions are often heightened by perceptions that the benefits of new technologies will accrue only to small sections of society while the risks will be more widely distributed. Similarly, innovations that threaten to alter cultural identities tend to generate intense social concern. As such, societies that exhibit great economic and political inequities are likely to experience heightened technological controversies.
Drawing from nearly 600 years of technology history, Innovation and Its Enemies identifies the tension between the need for innovation and the pressure to maintain continuity, social order, and stability as one of today's biggest policy challenges. It reveals the extent to which modern technological controversies grow out of distrust in public and private institutions. Using detailed case studies of coffee, the printing press, margarine, farm mechanization, electricity, mechanical refrigeration, recorded music, transgenic crops, and transgenic animals, it shows how new technologies emerge, take root, and create new institutional ecologies that favor their establishment in the marketplace. The book uses these lessons from history to contextualize contemporary debates surrounding technologies such as artificial intelligence, online learning, 3D printing, gene editing, robotics, and drones. It ultimately makes the case for shifting greater responsibility to public leaders to work with scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to manage technological change, make associated institutional adjustments, and expand public engagement on scientific and technological matters.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Gales of Creative Destruction
2. Brewing Trouble: Coffee
3. Stop the Presses: Printing the Koran
4. Smear Campaigns: Margarine
5. Gaining Traction: Farm Mechanization
6. Charged Arguments: Electricity
7. Cool Reception: Mechanical Refrigerated
8. Facing the Music: Recorded Sound
9. Taking Root: Transgenic Crops
10. Swimming against the Current: AquAdvantage Salmon
11. Oiling the Wheels of Novelty

About the Author
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.
Calestous Juma, a national of Kenya, is an internationally-recognized authority on the role of science, technology and innovation in economic development. He is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School. He directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and serves as Faculty Chair of Harvard's Innovation for Economic Development executive program. Juma is a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi. He was Chancellor of the University of Guyana and has been elected to several scientific academies including the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and the African Academy of Sciences.


Related News: Why do people resist new technologies? History might provide the answer | by Calestous Juma

Further Details

Innovation and Global Intellectual Property Regulatory Regimes: The Tension between Protection and Access| by N Syam and VM Tellez| The South Centre Research Paper No. 67, June 2016

"Innovation and Global Intellectual Property Regulatory Regimes: The Tension between Protection and Access"
by Nirmalya Syam and Viviana Munoz Tellez | The South Centre Research Paper No. 67, June 2016.
Abstract: The objective of the paper is to assess the global intellectual property (IP) regimes centred on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as the expansion of the scope of IP regimes through bilateral trade and investment agreements, from a development perspective. It will also focus on African efforts to engage with these regimes, including African proposals for rule-making in policy areas of interest to the region such as protection of biological resources and traditional knowledge and an enlarged scope for geographical indications. The implications of rules in these areas for innovation in the region will be explored. Finally, the paper discusses the arrangements that would provide an appropriate intellectual property regime to complement Africa's regional integration programmes such as the proposed Continental Free Trade Area and Treaty commitments.

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European Commission's Guidebook Series: How to Support SME Policy from Structural Funds

European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry launches "Guidebook Series: How to Support SME Policy from Structural Funds". Presently the series includes eleven guidebooks related to innovation in SMEs and availability of structural funds for SMEs. Each guidebook deals with a specific area of SME policy and includes examples of recent projects. A general guide provides an overview of the whole process.

The titles published so far in the "Guidebook Series: How to Support SME Policy from Structural Funds" (Download each Guidebook by clicking on individual title):

1. Building Entrepreneurial Mind-sets and Skills in the EU: A Smart Guide on promoting and facilitating entrepreneurship education for young people with the help of EU structural funds
2. Using Standards to Support Growth, Competitiveness and Innovation
3. Facilitating Transfer of Business
4. The Smart Guide to Service Innovation: How to better capitalise on service innovation for regional structural change and industrial modernisation
5. Regional implementation of the SBA – Small Business Act for Europe
6. How to Use Structural Funds for SME & Entrepreneurship Policy
7. Supporting the Internationalisation of SMEs
8. Public Procurement as a Driver of Innovation in SMEs and Public Services
9. Fostering Business Angel Activities in Support of SME Growth
10. Improving Resource Efficiency in SMEs
11. Smart Guide to Cluster Policy

These guidebooks will surely be useful to SMEs operating in the emerging countries and BRICS nations.
  

Critical Reviews of Indian National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016

Indian National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016, receives mixed reactions from the policy analysts, activists, industry experts and scholars of innovation studies. Some of the observations have appeared in the following online articles:

Original Texts 

• Indian National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016 | Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion: Government of India | May 12, 2016 | Download

 Critical Reviews

• India releases National Intellectual Property Rights Policy. by Anasua Mukherjee Das | Current Science | October 2016 | Download.
• Market Impacts of Patent Reforms in Developing Countries. by Aparajita Goyal | World Bank Blog July 2016 | Download. 
• India-US Relations: The IPR Conundrum. by N K Singh | India Foundation Blog | July 2016 | Download. 
• Indian National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016: Some Highlights. by Anasua Mukherjee Das | The Nationalist | July 2016 | Download.
• National IPR Policy and Innovation. by Reji K. Joseph | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2016 | Download.
• Who Will Gain From the National IPRs Policy?. by Dinesh Kumar Abrol | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2016 | Download.
• Making Quality Medicines Affordable: An Interview with CIPLA CEO. by Catherine Jewell | WIPO Magazine | August 2016 | Download.
• National Intellectual Property Policy Suffers from a Lack of Conceptual Clarity. by Srividhya Ragavan, K. Subramanian | IndianExpress.com | June 11, 2016 | Download | The best aspects of the document are contained in the third objective discussing the legal and legislative framework.
• The Wrong Incentive: The National Intellectual Property Rights Policy Must Be Opposed. by Dinesh Abrol | Economic and Political Weekly | 11 June, 2016 | Download.
• Why New IPR Policy Is Inadequate: Pressure from US Is Unstated Reason. by K M Gopakumar | Economic and Political Weekly | 21 May, 2016 | Download.
• National Intellectual Property Rights: Patently a Missed Opportunity. by Achal Prabhala & Sudhir Krishnaswamy | The Hindu | May 25, 2016 | Download
• India's New IP Policy: A "Bare" Act? by Shamnad Basheer | SpicyIP.com |  June 6, 2016 | Download
• Modi's New Intellectual Property Rights Policy Will Only Benefit Players with Deep Pockets. by Anubha Sinha | The Wire | May 21, 2016 | Download | The new policy fails to enact a balanced regime and instead is tilted in favour of rights-holders.
• Why You Just Can't Have a One-Size-Fits-All IPR Policy. by Sushila Ravindranath | June 13, 2016 | Financial Express | Download | The National IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) policy was released on May 11. This 38-page document will give directions to the government to promote 'creative and innovative India'.
• India Calls for Flexibilities in Intellectual Property Rights to Combat AIDS. by PTI | IndianExpress.com | June 10, 2016 | Download
• Ahead of Prime Minister Modi's Visit, Doctors Without Borders Urges India to Put People's Health Before Pharmaceutical Profits. by Doctorswithoutborders.org | June 02, 2016 | Download | India must resist pressure from US lawmakers and pharmaceutical industry groups to block access to key medicines for millions of people worldwide.
• At EU-India Summit, India Must Defend Its "Pharmacy of the Developing World". by Doctorswithoutborders.org | March 29, 2016 | Download | MSF urges Indian Prime Minister not to cave into pressure from EU to accept trade deal that could prevent millions of people from accessing lifesaving medicines.
• Wither Away the Pressure on India's Patent Law. by  Saradindu Bhaduri | Vikalp | December 21, 2014 | Download
• Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: MNCs in Pharmaceutical Industry in India after TRIPS. Sudip Chaudhuri | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2014 | Download.
• Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights Globally: Impact on India's Pharmaceutical Exports. by Jaya Prakash Pradhan | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2006 | Download.
• Public Health Perspective on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines: A compilation of studies prepared for WHO | by Carlos M. Correa. The South Centre, Geneva, 2016, ISBN 9789291620470 | Download.
• Intellectual Property and Access to Science | by Carlos M. Correa | The South Centre Research Paper No. 69, July 2016 | Download