Donald, A.;
(1999)
Political economy of technology transfer.
BMJ
, 319
(7220)
pp.1298.
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Abstract
Summary points: Less than 1% of global research and development is currently spent on technological innovations for poor countries. The World Trade Organisation agreement enforcing trademarks and patents will increase the price poor countries pay to gain access to new, patented technologies. It is unclear how such legislation will improve the health or wealth of impoverished countries, in the short or long term. Active policies rather than passive diffusion are needed to distribute new technologies to people and countries unable to generate profit for suppliers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Political economy of technology transfer |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/319/7220/12... |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2009 |
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