Africa's Response to COVID-19: What roles for trade, manufacturing and intellectual property?

This note discusses how policies on trade, manufacturing and intellectual property can speed up Africa's response, focusing on enabling access to medical devices and drugs in four critical areas: testing, protecting, treating and curing (TPTC). For each area, the note provides a snapshot of the...

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Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2020
Series:OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This note discusses how policies on trade, manufacturing and intellectual property can speed up Africa's response, focusing on enabling access to medical devices and drugs in four critical areas: testing, protecting, treating and curing (TPTC). For each area, the note provides a snapshot of the global situation, a zoom on trends in Africa, and examples of solutions implemented by the public and the private sectors. The note identifies five priority actions for Africa to respond effectively to COVID-19 and accelerate structural transformation and development across the continent
Physical Description:30 p