Developing Countries And The Doha Development Agenda Of The WTO (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

183 Pages·2006·9.09 MB·English

by  Gerrit Faber

Developing Countries and
the Doha Development Agenda
of the WTO
The Doha Development Agenda holds the promise of substantial gains for
developing countries. However, the way to realize 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’conflicting interests, particularly in the area
of agricultural protection. The main challenge on the table is to come up
with a package deal that serves the interest of developing countries in
particular.
The effects of various trade liberalization scenarios are analysed using
advanced modelling. Results are presented for various groups of developed
and developing countries, including the G-20 and the least-developed
countries.
The editors have brought together a group of outstanding experts in the
field.
Pitou van Dijck is Associate Professor of Economics at the Centre for
Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
Gerrit Faber is Associate Professor of International Economics at the
Utrecht School of Economics (Utrecht University), the Netherlands.
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Developing Countries and
the Doha Development
Agenda of the WTO
Edited by
Pitou van Dijck and Gerrit Faber
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Contents
List of illustrations xi
Notes on contributors xiii
Preface xv
List of abbreviations xvii
1 The Doha Development Agenda: ambitions and
achievements 1
PITOU VAN DIJCK AND GERRIT FABER
2 Global trade reform and the Doha Development
Agenda 35
KYM ANDERSON, WILL MARTIN AND DOMINIQUE VAN DER
MENSBRUGGHE
3 Modelling global trade reform: some reflections 59
MICHIEL KEYZER
4 Market access and the modelling of global trade
reform: a comment 68
JOSEPH FRANCOIS
5 Services and the Doha Development Agenda:
Southern perspectives 74
PIERRE SAUVÉ