PROJECT SUMMARY DA_35_37_01 Project Code Intellectual Property and Socio-Economic Development Title Development Agenda Recommendation 35 (Cluster D): To request WIPO to undertake, Recommendation upon request of Member States, new studies to assess the economic, social and cultural impact of the use of intellectual property systems in these States. Recommendation 37 (Cluster D): Upon request and as directed by Member States, WIPO may conduct studies on the protection of intellectual property, to identify the possible links and impacts between IP and development. Project Budget Non-personnel costs: 1,341,700 Swiss francs Personnel 150,000 Swiss francs Project Start Date July 1st, 2010 (3rd quarter 2010). Project Duration 42 months Key WIPO Sectors Economics and Statistics Division; Development Sector; Brands and Involved and Links to Designs Sector; Global Issue Sector and Innovation and Technology WIPO Programs Sector. Links to WIPO Programs: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16 and 30. Brief Description of The project consists of a series of studies on the relationship Project between IP protection and various aspects of economic performance in developing countries. These studies seek to narrow the knowledge gap faced by policymakers in those countries in designing and implementing a development-promoting intellectual property (IP) regime. The envisaged studies would focus on three broad themes: domestic innovation, the international and national diffusion of knowledge, and institutional features of the IP system and its economic implications. Studies would be implemented by research teams involving WIPO’s Economics and Statistics Division, international experts, and local researchers. Project Manager Mr. Carsten Fink Links to Expected Expected Result V.2 Results in the Take-up of WIPO economic analysis as an input into the formulation Program and Budget of IP policy 2012/13
PROJECT SUMMARY Project Code DA_35_37_01 Title Intellectual Property and Socio-Economic Development Development Agenda Recommendation Recommendation 35 (Cluster D): To request WIPO to undertake, upon request of Member States, new studies to assess the economic, social and cultural impact of the use of intellectual property systems in these States. Recommendation 37 (Cluster D): Upon request and as directed by Member States, WIPO may conduct studies on the protection of intellectual property, to identify the possible links and impacts between IP and development. Project Budget Non-personnel costs: 1,341,700 Swiss francs Personnel 150,000 Swiss francs Project Start Date July 1st, 2010 (3rd quarter 2010). Project Duration 42 months Key WIPO Sectors Involved and Links to WIPO Programs Economics and Statistics Division; Development Sector; Brands and Designs Sector; Global Issue Sector and Innovation and Technology Sector. Links to WIPO Programs: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16 and 30. Brief Description of Project The project consists of a series of studies on the relationship between IP protection and various aspects of economic performance in developing countries. These studies seek to narrow the knowledge gap faced by policymakers in those countries in designing and implementing a development-promoting intellectual property (IP) regime. The envisaged studies would focus on three broad themes: domestic innovation, the international and national diffusion of knowledge, and institutional features of the IP system and its economic implications. Studies would be implemented by research teams involving WIPO’s Economics and Statistics Division, international experts, and local researchers. Project Manager Mr. Carsten Fink Links to Expected Results in the Program and Budget 2012/13 Expected Result V.2 Take-up of WIPO economic analysis as an input into the formulation of IP policy
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