Developing Countries and the WTO A Pro-Active Agenda

by Hoekman, Bernard; Martin, Will

• ISBN13: 9780631225317
• ISBN10: 0631225315
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Author Affiliations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Developing Countries and the Next Round of WTO Negotiations	p. 1
Two Principles for the Next Round or, How to Bring Developing Countries in from the Cold	p. 7
Bringing Discipline to Agricultural Policy via the WTO	p. 25
Liberalising Agriculture and Manufactures in a Millennium Round: Implications for Developing Countries	p. 59
Developing Countries in the New Round of GATS Negotiations: Towards a Pro-Active Role	p. 75
Options for Improving Africa's Participation in the WTO	p. 95
Implementation of Uruguay Round Commitments: The Development Challenge	p. 115
WTO Dispute Settlement, Transparency and Surveillance	p. 131
Maximising the Benefits of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism for Developing Countries	p. 147
Industrial Policy, and the WTO	p. 167
Subsidiarity and Governance Challenges for the WTO: Environmental and Labour Standards	p. 185
From TRIMs to a WTO Agreement on Investment?	p. 201
Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures	p. 215
Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries	p. 233
Market Access Advances and Retreats: The Uruguay Round and Beyond	p. 251
Index	p. 309
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