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:	9780821360644
Publisher:	World Bank Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2005
Series:	Trade and Development Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	3 MB

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

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