Intellectual property (IP) has become one of the most influential and controversial issues in today’s knowledge-based society. This challenging book exposes the reader to key issues at the heart of the public debate now taking place in the field of IP. It considers IP at the macro level...

The burst of new Sovereign Wealth Funds is one of the major trends in international finance over the last decade and, as with the other mechanisms described elsewhere in this volume, it has the South at its core. However, while SWFs may be primarily Southern owned they are not particularly...

As the world comes to grips with the devastating economic and public health consequences of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Southern-led alternative institutions for finance and development seem more important than ever. This volume charts the dramatic change in the global financial and monetary...

This book shows how regional cooperation and integration have increased massively in scale and scope in recent years, as developing countries seek new ways to shield themselves from economic turbulence and to kick-start their economies in the face of stagnant global demand. The trend is partly a...

1. Voice, choice and diversity through creative industries : towards a new development agenda / Diana Barrowclough and Zeljka Kozul-Wright -- 2. Opportunities presented and threats posed by the digital production/distribution revolution / Roger Wallis -- 3. Financing creative industries in...