Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

by Simon J. Evenett (Editor), Bernard M. Hoekman (Editor)

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:	9780821363751
Publisher:	World Bank Publications
Publication date:	12/05/2005
Series:	Trade and Development
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

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

Introduction and Overview; S.J.Evenett & B.M.Hoekman PART 1: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MARKET ACCESS Reforming Agricultural Policies in the Doha Round; P.Messerlin The Structure of Lobbying and Protection in U.S. Agriculture; K.Gawande Formula Approaches to Liberalizing Trade in Goods: Efficiency and Market Access Considerations; J.Francois, W.Martin & V.Manole Services Policy Reform and Commitments in Trade Agreements: An Analysis of Transition Economies; F.Eschenbach PART 2: DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRADE REGIME Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO: Why, When and How?; A.Keck & P.Low Unilateral Preference Programs: The Evidence; ╟.╓zden & E.Reinhardt Mainstreaming Economic Development in the Trading System; F.Ismail 'Aid for Trade' Increasing Support for Trade Adjustment and Integration: A Proposal; S.Prowse PART 3: RULES AND ENFORCEMENT Trade Facilitation and the WTO; K.Lucenti Investment Incentives and Multilateral Disciplines; B.V.R.Subrahmanyam Economic Perspectives on a Multilateral Agreement on Open Access to Basic Science and Technology; J.Barton & K.Maskus Monitoring Implementation: Japan and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement; S.J.Evenett & A.Shingal The Case for Tradable Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement; K.Bagwell, B.Staiger & P.Mavroidis PART 4: ISSUE LINKAGE Do We Need an Undertaker for the Single Undertaking? Angles of Variable Geometry; P.Levy International Cooperation on Domestic Policies: Lessons from the WTO Competition Policy Debate; B.M.Hoekman & K.Saggi