CONTENTS

• Message from the Administrator

PROTECTING CREATIVITY AND SPERADING ITS BENEFITS: The Two Sides of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

• "ROAD MAP" FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
  
• BALANCING HEALTH NEEDS AND DRUG RESEARCH INCENTIVES
  ¡ö Hannah E. Kettler and Chris Collins
  
• PRICING MEDICINGES TO BENEFIT POOR COUNTRIES
  ¡ö Jagdish Bhagwati
  
• CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MANAGEMENT OF IPR
  ¡ö Mart Leesti and Tom Pengelly
  
• IN THE NEWS: CURRENT ISSUES IN IPR
  
• FROM NORTH-SOUTH TO SOUTH-SOUTH: THE TRUE FACE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION
  ¡ö Robert J.S. Ross and Anita Chan
  
• COSTA RICA'S TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY: ROOTS AND OUTCOMES
  ¡öAndres Rodriguez-Clare
  
• PATHS FOR ARAB COOPERATION: WELL MAPPED, LITTLE TRAVELED
  
• LESSONS ON PUBLIC HOUSING FROM SINGAPORE FOR SAO PAOLO
  ¡ö W.E. Hewitt
  
• AFRICA: FROM THE OAU TO THE AFRICAN UNION
  ¡ö Abdalla Bujra
  
• WINDOWS ON THE SOUTH: Current Trends, Perspectives, and Events
  ¡öACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DRUGS MAY BE UNDERMINED BY GLOBAL PATENT AGREEMENT ¡öAIDS AND DISCRIMINATION ¡öASEAN FARMERS GOLING ON THE INTERNET ¡öFOREIGN INVESTMENT DOWN IN LATI AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ¡öUNCTAD CALLS FOR NEW POLICIES FOR AFRICAN DEVEOPMET ¡öANCIENT SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE BETWEEN EGYPT, INDIA AND JAVA
  
• SHARING IDEAS A 21st Century Vision