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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar on harnessing intellectual property rights for innovation\,
  development and economic transformation in LDCs
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The world’s least developed countries (LDCs) face severe stru
 ctural constraints and development challenges\, many of which have been co
 mpounded by the multiple crises besetting the global economy. Innovation a
 nd technological upgrading can play a central role in accelerating the eco
 nomic growth and structural transformation necessary to tackle these chall
 enges in LDCs\, but they first need to build critical minimum levels of pr
 oductive capacity and technological capabilities.\n\nThis webinar will off
 icially launch a joint report by the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNCTAD t
 hat explores how LDCs can use intellectual property protection strategical
 ly to stimulate innovation and development\, and craft regimes and systems
  for intellectual property rights that help to build productive capacities
 \, enable technological upgrading\, boost trade and investment and drive e
 conomic transformation.\n&lt\;p&gt\;The world’s least developed countrie
 s (LDCs) face severe structural constraints and development challenges\, m
 any of which have been compounded by the multiple crises besetting the glo
 bal economy. Innovation and technological upgrading can play a central rol
 e in accelerating the economic growth and structural transformation necess
 ary to tackle these challenges in LDCs\, but they first need to build crit
 ical minimum levels of productive capacity and technological capabilities.
 &lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;This webinar will officially launch a joint rep
 ort by the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNCTAD that explores how LDCs can 
 use intellectual property protection strategically to stimulate innovation
  and development\, and craft regimes and systems for intellectual property
  rights that help to build productive capacities\, enable technological up
 grading\, boost trade and investment and drive economic transformation.&lt
 \;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webi
 nar-harnessing-intellectual-property-rights-innovation-development-and-eco
 nomic
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