Developing Countries And the Doha Development Agenda of the Wto

by van Dijck; Pitou

• ISBN13: 9780415391405
• ISBN10: 0415391407
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Doha Development Agenda holds the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various countries and groups of countries differ widely and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. This volume provides an analysis of the main characteristics of the Doha Development Agenda: the trade talks themselves, the increasing complexity of the WTO and its members' diverging interests, and the issue of the remaining trade barriers. All this is done in a way that should help stimulate development and contribute to poverty alleviation. The various effects of trade liberalization on the negotiating parties is studied with particular emphasis on agriculture, services and labor-intensive manufacturing. The likely impact on welfare and growth in a wide range of developed and developing countries is then calculated using sophisticated modelling. Trade expertsfrom developing countries provide their analysis of the negotiations in the Doha Development Agenda and the role of the coalition formed by Brazil, India, South Africa, China and others.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	xi
Notes on contributors	xiii
Preface	xv
List of abbreviations	xvii
1 The Doha Development Agenda: ambitions and achievements	1	(34)
PITOU VAN DIJCK AND GERRIT FABER
2 Global trade reform and the Doha Development Agenda	35	(24)
KYM ANDERSON, WILL MARTIN AND DOMINIQUE VAN DER MENSBRUGGHE
3 Modelling global trade reform: some reflections	59	(9)
MICHIEL KEYZER
4 Market access and the modelling of global trade reform: a comment	68	(6)
JOSEPH FRANCOIS
5 Services and the Doha Development Agenda: Southern perspectives	74	(19)
PIERRE SAUVÉ
6 Improving Special and Differential Treatment: some proposals	93	(11)
BERNARD HOEKMAN, CONSTANTINE MICHALOPOULOS AND L. ALAN WINTERS
7 The role of the G-20	104	(13)
JOLANDA E. YGOSSE BATTISTI, JULIA VON MALTZAN PACHECO AND FABIANA D'ATRI
8 Minimum conditions for a package deal: an African perspective	117	(22)
DOMINIQUE NJINKEU AND NICOLA LOFFLER
9 Towards a development round	139	(20)
PITOU VAN DIJCK AND GERRIT FABER
Index	159