‘Blueprints for A Better World’ : The Future of Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development

The conclusion considers whether various forms of intellectual property help or hinder the realization of the seventeen SDGs as a composite – and individually. The conclusion asks how the framing of the question of IPRs and SDGs may implicitly reinforce power relations through institutional commitment to neo-liberalism’s priority preference for capital production and commodity consumption. The conclusion examines the true capacity for transformative change under the 2030 Agenda – the building of a new house – with historical blueprints and the existing institutional scaffolding