Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation
How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.
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Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation
How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.
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Overview

How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780821360644
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Publication date: 12/01/2005
Series: Trade and Development Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 500
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

KYLE BAGWELL Columbia University, USA
JOHN BARTON Stanford University, USA
FELIX ESCHENBACH Sciences-Po, France
JOSEPH FRANCOIS Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
KISHORE GAWANDE Texas A&M University, USA
FAIZEL ISMAIL Government of South Africa
ALEXANDER KECK World Trade Organization, Switzerland
PHILIP LEVY U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, USA
PATRICK LOW World Trade Organization, Switzerland
KRISTA LUCENTI University of Bern, Switzerland
WILL MARTIN World Bank, USA
VLAD MANOLE United Nations, USA
KEITH MASKUS University of Colorado, USA
PETROS MAVROIDIS Columbia Law School, USA
PATRICK MESSERLIN Science-Po, France
ÇAGLAR ÖZDEN World Bank, USA
SUSAN PROWSE Department for International Development (DFID), UK
ERIC REINHARDT Emory University, USA
KAMAL SAGGI Southern Methodist University, USA
ANIRUDH SHINGAL World Trade Institute, Switzerland
BOB STAIGER University of Wisconsin, USA
B. V. R. SUBRAHMANYAM Government of India

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsxiii
Contributorsxv
Abbreviationsxvii
Introduction and Overviewxxi
Part IPolitical Economy of Market Access1
1Reforming Agricultural Policies in the Doha Round3
2The Structure of Lobbying and Protection in U.S. Agriculture41
3Formula Approaches to Liberalizing Trade in Goods: Efficiency and Market Access Considerations89
4Reform of Services Policy and Commitments in Trade Agreements: An Analysis of Transition Economies117
Part IIDevelopment and the Trade Regime145
5Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO: Why, When, and How?147
6Unilateral Preference Programs: The Evidence189
7Mainstreaming Economic Development in the Trading System213
8"Aid for Trade": A Proposal for Increasing Support for Trade Adjustment and Integration229
Part IIIRules and Enforcement269
9Trade Facilitation and the WTO271
10Investment Incentives and Multilateral Disciplines301
11Economic Perspectives on a Multilateral Agreement on Open Access to Basic Science and Technology349
12Monitoring Implementation: Japan and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement369
13The Case for Tradable Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement395
Part IVIssue Linkages415
14Do We Need an Undertaker for the Single Undertaking? Considering the Angles of Variable Geometry417
15International Cooperation on Domestic Policies: Lessons from the WTO Competition Policy Debate439
Index461
Figures
2.1The Political Market for Government Assistance to Agriculture43
2.2Agriculture PAC Spending, 1991-92 and 1999-2000 Election Cycles54
2.3PAC Contributions by Agriculture-Related Sector, 1992-200055
2.4Total Agricultural PAC Contributions to House and Senate Candidates, by Party, 1991-200058
2.5Top 20 House Recipients of Agricultural PAC Contributions, 1991-92 Election Cycle59
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