Poor People's Knowledge : Helping Poor People to Earn from Their Knowledge

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dc.creatorFinger, J. Michael
dc.date2013-09-04T20:55:49Z
dc.date2013-09-04T20:55:49Z
dc.date2004-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:27:08Z
dc.descriptionHow can we help poor people to earn more from their knowledge rather than from their sweat and muscle? This paper draws lessons from projects intended to promote and protect the innovation, knowledge, and creative skills of poor people in poor countries, particularly to improve the earnings of poor people from such knowledge and skills. The international community has paid considerable attention to problems associated with intellectual property that poor countries buy-such as the increased cost of pharmaceuticals brought on by the WTO's agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). This paper is about the other half of the development-intellectual property link. It is about the knowledge poor people own, create, and sell rather than about what they buy. The paper calls attention to a broad range of poor people's knowledge that has commercial potential. It highlights the incentives for and concerns of poor people-which may be different from those of corporate research, northern nongovernmental organizations, or even entertainment stars from developing countries who already enjoy an international audience. The studies find that increased earnings is sometimes a matter of poor people acquiring commercial skills. Legal reform, though often necessary, is frequently not sufficient. Moreover, the paper concludes that the need for novel legal approaches to protect traditional knowledge has been overemphasized. Standard instruments such as patents and copyrights are often effective. Rather than legal innovation, there is a need for economic and political empowerment of poor people so that they have the skills to use such instruments and the influence to insist that institutional structures respond to their interests. Finally, the paper concludes that there is minimal conflict between culture and commerce. There are many income-earning expressions of culture, and it is incorrect to presume that expressions of culture must always be income-using.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3169235/poor-peoples-knowledge-helping-poor-people-earn-knowledge
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15626
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3205
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418212
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3205
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
dc.subjectBIOCHEMISTRY ADAPTATION
dc.subjectANIMATION
dc.subjectAPATHY
dc.subjectARCHIVES
dc.subjectART
dc.subjectARTISANS
dc.subjectARTISTS
dc.subjectBELIEFS
dc.subjectCEREMONIES
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCLOTHING
dc.subjectCOMPOSERS
dc.subjectCRAFTS
dc.subjectCREATIVITY
dc.subjectCULTURAL CONCERNS
dc.subjectCULTURAL HERITAGE
dc.subjectCULTURES
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAW
dc.subjectDANCE
dc.subjectDANCES
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDRAWING
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC PROBLEMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC VALUE
dc.subjectECOTOURISM
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE USE
dc.subjectEMBROIDERY
dc.subjectESSAYS
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHANDICRAFTS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS CULTURE
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectIPR
dc.subjectJEWELRY
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectMANAGERS
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMINING
dc.subjectMONUMENTS
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectMUSEUM
dc.subjectMUSIC
dc.subjectMUSIC INDUSTRY
dc.subjectMUSIC INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectMUSICIANS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectORAL HISTORY
dc.subjectPAINTERS
dc.subjectPAINTING
dc.subjectPAINTINGS
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONS
dc.subjectPERFORMANCES
dc.subjectPERFORMERS
dc.subjectPHOTOGRAPHY
dc.subjectPICTURES
dc.subjectPLAYS
dc.subjectPRINTS
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectROYALTIES
dc.subjectSONGS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTOURISM INDUSTRY
dc.subjectTRADITION
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL CRAFTS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL CULTURE
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectTRADITIONS
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectWORLD MUSIC
dc.titlePoor People's Knowledge : Helping Poor People to Earn from Their Knowledge

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