Access to science and innovation in the developing world

Alexander Cuntz, Frank Mueller-Langer, Alessio Muscarnera, Prince C. Oguguo and Marc Scheufen

No 78, WIPO Economic Research Working Papers from World Intellectual Property Organization - Economics and Statistics Division

Abstract: TWe examine the implications of lowering barriers to online access to scientific publications for science and innovation in developing countries. We investigate whether and how free or low-cost access to scientific publications through the UN-led Research For Life (R4L) initiative leads to more scientific publications and clinical trials of authors affiliated with research institutions in developing countries. We find that free or reduced-fee access to the health science literature through Hinari (WHO-led subprogramme) increases the scientific publication output and clinical trials output of institutions in developing countries. In contrast, once we control for selection bias, we do not find empirical support for a positive Hinari effect on knowledge spillovers and local institutions’ research input into global patenting, as measured by paper citations in patent documents. Main findings can be generalized to other R4L subprogrammes and are likely to also apply to the WIPO-led Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) programme.

Keywords: Scientific publications; Science; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-04
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