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Brazilian Regulatory Agencies: Early Appraisal and Looming Challenges

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  • Andrea Goldstein
  • José Claudio Linhares Pires

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Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation – good or bad – can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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  • Andrea Goldstein & José Claudio Linhares Pires, 2006. "Brazilian Regulatory Agencies: Early Appraisal and Looming Challenges," Chapters, in: Edmund Amann (ed.), Regulating Development, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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