1.0Homepage - Broker Onlinehttps://www.thebrokeronline.euHomepage - Broker Onlinehttps://www.thebrokeronline.euDean Baker: Ending patent and copyright protection in the developing world – aid that gives back / Less pretension, more ambition / From Aid to Global Justice / Blogs - The Brokerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KawAOig2zj"><a href="https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/blogs/from-aid-to-global-justice/less-pretension-more-ambition/dean-baker-ending-patent-and-copyright-protection-in-the-developing-world-aid-that-gives-back/">Dean Baker Ending Patent And Copyright Protection In The Developing World Aid That Gives Back</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/blogs/from-aid-to-global-justice/less-pretension-more-ambition/dean-baker-ending-patent-and-copyright-protection-in-the-developing-world-aid-that-gives-back/embed/#?secret=KawAOig2zj" width="600" height="338" title="“Dean Baker Ending Patent And Copyright Protection In The Developing World Aid That Gives Back” — Homepage - Broker Online" data-secret="KawAOig2zj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Most debates on aid to the developing world focus on ways for wealthy countries to give money to poor people in developing countries. This is a worthwhile debate, however before we decide where best to give money, we might start by stopping taking money away from the developing world. Specifically, the rich countries should reverse their course from a path that dates back at least to the 1994 TRIPs [trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights] agreement in the WTO.The purpose of the...