Food Safety Standards in Rich and Poor Countries
By:Julie A. Caswell and Christian Friis Bach 2007-10-01: Chaper 16 in "Ethics, Hunger and Globalization", Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Peter Sandøe (editors), Springer.
Increased food safety has long been associated with higher income. Consumers and governments can afford to focus more on reducing food-borne safety risks once basic quantity needs for foods have been met or are in the process of being met. This would suggest that policies focused on increasing incom...
The international trade system
By:Christian Friis Bach 2007-08-19: Kapitel i "Towards new global strategies", Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Introduction The need to strengthen and enhance global public goods is great and in a multitude of areas, devel-opments are moving in the right direction. Today, more than 200 regional and international envi-ronmental agreements have been signed; the International Court of Justic...
Recommendations for a Patent System of the Future
By:Christian Friis Bach 2005-08-01: Report by a working group under the Danish Board of Technology
Executive Summary Since its debut in the 19th century, the patent system has become fundamental to society. It is widely recognized as critical to the development of new knowledge in both private business and public research, and of great importance to growth and welfare. Throughout history, the pa...