Aid, trade and taboo: the place of indigenous traditional knowledge in development strategies: a Pacific perspective

Farran, Sue (2014) Aid, trade and taboo: the place of indigenous traditional knowledge in development strategies: a Pacific perspective. Development Studies Research, 1 (1). pp. 28-41. ISSN 2166-5095

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Abstract

Pacific island countries (PICs) are examples of some of the least developed nations in the world. To improve their economic performance they are being urged to enter various trade agreements and in general to put in place frameworks to support twenty-first century priorities and international agendas including intellectual property regimes based, primarily, on western models. Yet PICs have long-standing traditional ways of safeguarding ‘intellectual property’. Their traditional perceptions of this tangible and intangible cultural heritage are not always compatible with the models being proposed, both by their own governments and by external agencies with the consequence that initiatives to boost their small island economies may fail to take root among local communities or fail to recognize or protect the various forms of property and resources which are important to them and, in some cases, may have unforeseen adverse consequences. This paper uses examples from PICs to highlight the present failure of national and trans-national intellectual property regimes to adequately acknowledge the different approaches which indigenous people in the region have towards ‘intellectual property’ and consequences that this may have on their development in the current aid for trade environment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: intellectual property, law, trade, development, Pacific islands
Subjects: M200 Law by Topic
M900 Other in Law
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School
Depositing User: Sue Farran
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2015 07:22
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 16:48
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/22972

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