Graduation Year
Fall 2011
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
William Ascher
Reader 2
Gregory Hess
Rights Information
© 2011 Sope Adegoke
Abstract
Globalization of the world economy has made knowledge a critical element of effectiveness in the world economy. Current economic and trade conditions change rapidly and require constant improvement to ensure economic development. These conditions stimulate innovation and improvements in technology, designs, and other tangible and intangible assets. Most Sub-Saharan African countries have not exploited the benefits that intellectual property rights offer to its users, despite considerable improvements to existing knowledge and options for protecting knowledge. Strong intellectual property laws are important for effective incentives to invent continuously. It is important to provide some form of compensation and guarantee that their innovation is credited to them. This is achieved through the establishment of intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights have far-reaching effects on several sectors of the economy, such as trade, manufacturing, and other industries. Intellectual property rights policies are therefore, important for economic development.
Recommended Citation
Adegoke, Sope, "Intellectual Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2011). CMC Senior Theses. 289.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/289
