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It enables those with IP-related development needs to find others offering solutions to those needs and vice versa. In doing this, WIPO Match can amplify and facilitate the technical assistance work of our member states."</em></p> <small>— Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO</small></div> </li> <li><img src="/web/20180729181015im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo-match/images/fernando_dos_santos_600.jpg" alt="Photo of Fernando Dos Santos"/> <div class="flex-caption"> <p><em>"WIPO Match has the capacity to facilitate the development and demystification of IP for social and economic development of our countries. 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