[A2k] Reforming Governance to Advance the WIPO Development Agenda

[Carolyn Deere]

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Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to forward links to an article that may be of interest: Carolyn
Deere (2009)  <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1325045>
'Reforming Governance to Advance the WIPO Development Agenda'. The article
which appears as a chapter in Implementing the World Intellectual Property
Organization's Development Agenda, edited by J. de Beer, Waterloo, ON:
Wilfred Laurier University Press/Centre for International Governance
Innovation/International Development Research Centre.

For an html version of the article, follow this link:
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-141275-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html. To download a PDF
version, follow this link:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1325045.

The article argues that the success of the World Intellectual Property
Organization's (WIPO) Development Agenda will depend upon reforms to the
agency's governance. At the 2007 WIPO General Assemblies, several of the
recommendations on the Development Agenda adopted by member states
specifically alluded to the need for such reform. Alongside steps to make
immediate improvements, this article argues for a more far-reaching debate
on proposals for a deeper overhaul of WIPO's governance. This should include
careful consideration of the internal management and working practices
within the WIPO Secretariat, reforms to decision-making processes among
member-states and their oversight of the Secretariat, strategies for
altering the Secretariat's institutional culture, and alternative
institutional designs, including with respect to how WIPO is financed.

I hope that you find the article a useful contribution to debates on the
implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda.

With best regards,


Carolyn

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Dr. Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck
Director, Global Trade Governance Project
Global Economic Governance Programme
University College, University of Oxford
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The Implementation Game: The TRIPS Agreement and the Global Politics of
Intellectual Property Reform in Developing Countries, by Carolyn Deere, is
available through bookshops or direct from Oxford University Press at:
<http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199550616>
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199550616




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