General Information

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.

Physical Description

xxi, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Shaver, Lea Bishop

Rizk, Nagla

Contents/Summary

Summary

"This volume features chapters on current issues facing intellectual property, innovation and development policy, from the Egyptian perspective. These include copyright and comparative business models in music, open source software, patent reform and access to medicines, information and communications technology for development and the role of the Egyptian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically." "Together these chapters offer an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing efforts to promote access to knowledge. Combining both theoretical and pragmatic approaches, the work will be of interest to scholars and practitioners dealing with intellectual property and innovation property the world over."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Subject

Economic development > Egypt.

Intellectual property > Egypt.

Egypt > Economic policy.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Nagla Rizk & Lea Shaver.

Content

Access to knowledge: economic global and local perspectives / Nagla Rizk & Lea Shaver -- Egypt's role in the AwK movement: an analysis of positions and policies / Ahmed Abdel Latif -- Access to medicines in Egypt: a human rights approach to IP, trade, and health / Hossam Bahgat & Rebecca Wright -- Stories from Egypt's music industry: de facto commons as alternatives to copyright / Nagla Rizk -- The software industry in Egypt: what role for open source? / Nagla Rizk & Sherif El-Kassas -- Information and communications technology for development: building the knowledge society in Egypt / Sherif Kamel.

ISBN

9781849660082

1849660085

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	338.962 22 RIZ		Reference	-

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