Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

by UK, Palgrave Macmillan; Hoekman, Bernard M.; Evenett, Simon J.

• ISBN13: 9780821360637
• ISBN10: 0821360639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction and Overview	p. xxi
Political Economy of Market Access	p. 1
Reforming Agricultural Policies in the Doha Round	p. 3
The Structure of Lobbying and Protection in U.S. Agriculture	p. 41
Formula Approaches to Liberalizing Trade in Goods: Efficiency and Market Access Considerations	p. 89
Reform of Services Policy and Commitments in Trade Agreements: An Analysis of Transition Economies	p. 117
Development and the Trade Regime	p. 145
Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO: Why, When, and How?	p. 147
Unilateral Preference Programs: The Evidence	p. 189
Mainstreaming Economic Development in the Trading System	p. 213
"Aid for Trade": A Proposal for Increasing Support for Trade Adjustment and Integration	p. 229
Rules and Enforcement	p. 269
Trade Facilitation and the WTO	p. 271
Investment Incentives and Multilateral Disciplines	p. 301
Economic Perspectives on a Multilateral Agreement on Open Access to Basic Science and Technology	p. 349
Monitoring Implementation: Japan and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement	p. 369
The Case for Tradable Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement	p. 395
Issue Linkages	p. 415
Do We Need an Undertaker for the Single Undertaking? Considering the Angles of Variable Geometry	p. 417
International Cooperation on Domestic Policies: Lessons from the WTO Competition Policy Debate	p. 439
Index	p. 461
Figures
The Political Market for Government Assistance to Agriculture	p. 43
Agriculture PAC Spending, 1991-92 and 1999-2000 Election Cycles	p. 54
PAC Contributions by Agriculture-Related Sector, 1992-2000	p. 55
Total Agricultural PAC Contributions to House and Senate Candidates, by Party, 1991-2000	p. 58
Top 20 House Recipients of Agricultural PAC Contributions, 1991-92 Election Cycle	p. 59
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