Poor Peoples’ Knowledge: Helping Poor People to Earn from Their Own Intellectual Property

Abstract

How can we help poor people to earn more from their knowledge – rather than from their sweat and their muscle? This chapter is about promoting the innovation, knowledge, and creative skills of poor people in poor countries – and particularly about improving the earnings of poor people from such knowledge and skills. My principal message is that a lot is being done in this regard. On the whole, this useful work is a matter of straightforward application of familiar legal and commercial instruments and skills such as copyrights, trademarks, and patents. This does not mean that it is easy, however.

Citation

Finger, J.M. (2006), "Poor Peoples’ Knowledge: Helping Poor People to Earn from Their Own Intellectual Property", Galbraith, C.S. and Stiles, C.H. (Ed.) Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolation (International Research in the Business Disciplines, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1074-7877(06)05002-1