Comprised of papers from leading experts, this multifaceted analysis explores the environmental requirements that have emerged from the trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and their impact on developing markets such as South Asia. These essays address a variety of environmental and health-related standards and their prohibitive effect, discriminatory impact, and high-compliance costs--all of which hurt these developing markets. The volume concludes with an agenda of action points for governments, businesses, and international agencies to address the challenges these standards...
Comprised of papers from leading experts, this multifaceted analysis explores the environmental requirements that have emerged from the trade negotiat...
This volume examines the various challenges in access to health issues and the role of intellectual property rights in access to drugs as well as the scope for using traditional medicine in public health. The volume examines the Health Impact Fund, a mechanism proposed to incentivize research and development in neglected diseases and enhance access to drugs. It also analyzes how China and India can cooperate in the traditional medicine sector: providing reviews on the status of traditional medicine in both countries, the challenges of regulating that sector in China and India, intellectual...
This volume examines the various challenges in access to health issues and the role of intellectual property rights in access to drugs as well as the ...
This book analyzes the possibilities for effective global governance of science in Europe, India and China. Authors from the three regions join forces to explore how ethical concerns over new technologies can be incorporated into global science and technology policies. The first chapter introduces the topic, offering a global perspective on embedding ethics in science and technology policy. Chapter Two compares the institutionalization of ethical debates in science, technology and innovation policy in three important regions: Europe, India and China. The third chapter explores public...
This book analyzes the possibilities for effective global governance of science in Europe, India and China. Authors from the three regions join forces...
Authors from the three regions join forces to explore how ethical concerns over new technologies can be incorporated into global science and technology policies. Chapter Four discusses public engagement in the governance of science and technology, and Chapter Five reviews science and technology governance and European values.
Authors from the three regions join forces to explore how ethical concerns over new technologies can be incorporated into global science and technolog...
Part A explores cases in selected countries in South Asia in detail, primarily focusing on the opportunities and challenges of job creation in the manufacturing sector, as well as related issues, including constraints on manufacturing-sector growth in South Asia, exports and trade linkages, participation in value chains and the role of investment.
Part A explores cases in selected countries in South Asia in detail, primarily focusing on the opportunities and challenges of job creation in the man...