The Resource Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa, by Walter Alexander Schroeder
Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa, by Walter Alexander Schroeder
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- Summary
- This dissertation consists of three essays that lie at the intersection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and agricultural development in Africa. In the first, I use a random-effects GLS model on panel data to quantify the relationship between IPRs and agricultural R&D spending in 38 African countries. In the second, I shift the focus to a particular form of agricultural biotechnology, namely genetically-modified (GM) crops. This essay comprises interviews with two major U.S.-based agricultural biotechnology companies, the aim of which is to determine how important IPRs have been in impeding the commercialization of GM crops across Africa. The third essay takes a step back from agriculture specifically and centers on a major institutional barrier to effective IP protection on the continent. As will be shown, the intangibility and non-scarcity of intellectual property necessitates a capable state for its protection, which is largely absent in Africa. Taken together, the conclusions of the first two essays suggest that weak intellectual property rights are not currently a major barrier to agricultural development on the continent. The third demonstrates that even if they were, there are serious institutional impediments to implementing effective IP protection in the African context
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (3 files)
- Note
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- "July 2014."
- "A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri--Columbia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy."
- Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Corinne Valdivia
- Includes vita
- Label
- Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa
- Title
- Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- by Walter Alexander Schroeder
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This dissertation consists of three essays that lie at the intersection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and agricultural development in Africa. In the first, I use a random-effects GLS model on panel data to quantify the relationship between IPRs and agricultural R&D spending in 38 African countries. In the second, I shift the focus to a particular form of agricultural biotechnology, namely genetically-modified (GM) crops. This essay comprises interviews with two major U.S.-based agricultural biotechnology companies, the aim of which is to determine how important IPRs have been in impeding the commercialization of GM crops across Africa. The third essay takes a step back from agriculture specifically and centers on a major institutional barrier to effective IP protection on the continent. As will be shown, the intangibility and non-scarcity of intellectual property necessitates a capable state for its protection, which is largely absent in Africa. Taken together, the conclusions of the first two essays suggest that weak intellectual property rights are not currently a major barrier to agricultural development on the continent. The third demonstrates that even if they were, there are serious institutional impediments to implementing effective IP protection in the African context
- Cataloging source
- MUU
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- Schroeder, Walter Alexander
- Degree
- Ph.D.
- Dissertation note
- Dissertation
- Dissertation year
- 2014.
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Granting institution
- University of Missouri--Columbia
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- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- theses
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Valdivia, Corinne B.
- Label
- Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa, by Walter Alexander Schroeder
- Note
-
- "July 2014."
- "A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri--Columbia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy."
- Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Corinne Valdivia
- Includes vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 906603743
- Extent
- 1 online resource (3 files)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)906603743
- Label
- Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa, by Walter Alexander Schroeder
- Note
-
- "July 2014."
- "A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri--Columbia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy."
- Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Corinne Valdivia
- Includes vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 906603743
- Extent
- 1 online resource (3 files)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)906603743
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