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1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This paper examines the relationship between food security, agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property rights (IPRs), particularly for developing countries and poorer groups within those countries. As a result of industry pressure, harmonised standards of IPRs have been agreed at the global level, chiefly through TRIPs/WTO.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
China's experience with agricultural biotechnology has been dramatic. Many new technologies have been developed by public sector research institutes that rival the outputs of the major biotech corporations.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
Whilst there is a formal commitment to rights in Bangladesh, spelt out in its constitution, its legal framework and its ratification of various international conventions on rights, the reality for its citizens is one of violations as much as the observance of rights.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
Shifting science-society relationships are highly relevant both to contemporary practices of citizenship, their expressions, and to questions around the dynamics of 'participation'. Political and economic changes are altering the contexts, spaces and ways that people perceive and act on citizenship rights, as are scientific and technological changes and the new risks and opportunities they present.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This paper explores the participation of collective civil society actors in institutional spaces for direct citizen participation in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The data was produced by a unique survey of civil society actors who work for, or with, sectors of the lower-middle class, the working class, and the urban poor.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
In Malawi in 1999-2002 we conducted research studies using participatory methods to generate population estimates; estimates of the proportion of people in a population with certain characteristics (e.g. the very food insecure); and estimates of the proportion of people in a population that should be targeted by an intervention.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
How can public sector service providers deliver improved services to citizens within environments where inefficient and often corrupt service delivery is the norm?
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
There is a continuing debate over the value of public-partnerships in providing public services in poor urban areas. Many policy-makers...
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This Working Paper explains the links between trade reform and food security, identifies the factors that need to be taken into account, and proposes an action plan for countries to establish appropriate data collection.
