Compendium of international arrangements on transfer of technology : Selected instruments : relevant provisions in selected international arrangements pertaining to transfer of technology / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Imprint
New York ; Geneva : United Nations, c2001
Descript
xvi, 308 p
SUMMARY
The present Compendium contains a selection of transfer of technology-related provisions drawn from international instruments. Thus, it includes relevant excerpts of international instruments at the multilateral, regional, inter-regional and bilateral levels. The use of the term "instrument" is meant to reflect the variety of form and effect of the international acts and documents. It seems reasonable to group them according to their differing forms and membership: multilateral instruments (universal or quasi-universal in their memberships), interregional instruments (which involve two or more regions often through their respective regional institutions), regional instruments (membership is limited to a particular group, defined geographically or otherwise), bilateral agreements, and other instruments among States, and resolutions of organs of international organizations. Each of these categories contains both legally binding and non-binding instruments. Instruments at the multilateral level (Part I) are grouped in legally binding instruments (Part I.A) and not legally binding ones (Part I.B). The former instruments also include ones not yet in force but agreed-upon by the respective parties. The regional level category also contains both forms of instruments. Drafts, non-governmental instruments and the outcome of an UNCTAD Expert Meeting are reproduced in an annex. An effort has been made to select instruments that reflect a broad variety of forms, policies, practices and effectiveness of implementation. These aspects are discussed in the Overview. The excerpts in this Compendium should not necessarily be viewed as model provisions
SUBJECT
Technology transfer -- Developing countries
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STATUS
International Institute for Trade and Developement : UNCTAD Collection
