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Marrakesh Treaty:
Contracting Parties to Marrakesh VIP Treaty (Total Contracting Parties : 43)
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=843
Open Data:
Open Data to Support the Sustainable Development Goals
https://opendatawatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/UNSC2017-OpenDataSupportsSDGs.pdf
Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How
Embedding open data practice: Developing indicators on the institutionalization of open data practice in two African governments
https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/13810
Supporting sustainable development with data
https://www.issuelab.org/resources/22720/22720.pdf
EU - The economic benefits of data
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/highlights/economic-benefits-open-data
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
OpenAPC: a contribution to a transparent and reproducible monitoring of fee-based open access publishing across institutions and nations
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.439/
African Education Research Database
Microsoft Joins Open Invention Network In A “Nice Validation” Of Open Source Movement
WEF: US Most Competitive, But Idea Generation, Agility Will Shape Future Growth
The Global Competitiveness Report 2018
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GCR2018/05FullReport/TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2018.pdf
Predatory Publishing Practices:
Journal blacklists: show your working
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07033-5
Predatory Publishing Practices: Is There Life After Beall’s List?
https://www.libres-ejournal.info/2565