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Publishers and the Developing World: Philanthropy, Partnerships, Markets?



Concurrent 5D: Publishers and the Developing World: Philanthropy, Partnerships, Markets?

Strategies for developing a scholarly publishing presence in the developing world can range from benign neglect, through altruistic outreach and profile conscious corporate social responsibility, to focussed efforts to identify opportunities for market development. If you feel that you would like to be more active in these territories or would like to reassess your current strategies for them, then this session will aim to provide you with useful insights into how access to scientific research facilitates economic and social development, and the role that publishers and others in the scholarly communication cycle can play in this process. Our panel of four will share what they have discovered about the impact which their current activities are having in target communities and will then respond to a series of questions.