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Developing Countries and the WTO: A Pro-Active Agenda (World Economy Special Issues) - Softcover

 
9780631225317: Developing Countries and the WTO: A Pro-Active Agenda (World Economy Special Issues)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631225315 ISBN 13: 9780631225317
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

This volume brings together a selection of papers that were prepared as background analyses for a collaborative research capacity-building project, focusing on the WTO negotiating agenda.


  • Contributors review the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations, discuss developing country concerns relating to the operation of the WTO and assess implementation of WTO agreements.

  • Contributors quantify the potential benefits of further global liberalization of access to markets for industrial and agricultural products, and assess the relative merits of expanding multilateral disciplines into new areas such as investment, competition, and labor and environmental policies.

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About the Author

Bernard Hoekman is Research Manager of the International Trade group in the Development Research Group of the World Bank.

Will Martin is the Lead Economist in the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group (DECRG).

From the Back Cover

This volume brings together a selection of papers that were prepared as background analyses for a collaborative research capacity-building project, focusing on the WTO negotiating agenda. Contributors review the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations, discuss developing country concerns relating to the operation of the WTO and assess implementation of WTO agreements. Contributors quantify the potential benefits of further global liberalization of access to markets for industrial and agricultural products, and assess the relative merits of expanding multilateral disciplines into new areas such as investment, competition, and labor and environmental policies.

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This volume brings together a selection of papers that were prepared as background analyses for a collaborative research capacity-building project, focusing on the WTO negotiating agenda. Contributors review the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations, discuss developing country concerns relating to the operation of the WTO and assess implementation of WTO agreements. Contributors quantify the potential benefits of further global liberalization of access to markets for industrial and agricultural products, and assess the relative merits of expanding multilateral disciplines into new areas such as investment, competition, and labor and environmental policies.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631225315
ISBN 13 
9780631225317
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Editor
Hoekman Bernard