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Michalopoulos, Constantine

Developing countries in the WTO

Michalopoulos, Constantine - Developing countries in the WTO, ebook

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Globalization means that today, more than ever before, growth in developing countries and the reduction of poverty depend on world trade and a well functioning trading system. This volume reviews developing countries trade policies and institutions, and the challenges they face in the World Trade Organization - where the rules that govern the international trading system are set.
Contents:
List of Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Developing Countries in World Trade
Trends in Developing Country Trade, 1980-1999
Trade and Development in the GATT and WTO
Developing Country Policies
Developing Country Trade Related Institutions
Developed Country Policies: The International Environment
The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries
Developing Country Participation in the WTO
WTO Accession Issues
Towards a Development Round
Policy Coherence
Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix A: Country Groupings
Appendix B: Methodology in Estimating Frequency Ratios
References
Index
Author Biographies:
CONSTANTINE MICHALOPOULOS, for many years a senior official of the World Bank, has worked on operations and research of trade policies of developing countries and economies in transition. In 1997-99 he was Special Economic Advisor at the WTO where he developed materials for this book as well as a better appreciation of the challenges faced by developing countries in the world trading system. He is author of Financing Needs of Developing Countries: Proposals for International Action, and co-editor of Trade in the New Independent State with D.Tarr, and Aid and Development with A.O.Krueger and V.Ruttain.
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Keywords: globalization, developing countries, WTO, World Trade Organization, trade, trading system, TRIPS, economic policies, policies, financial policies, trade policies

Author(s)
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Publication year
2001
Language
en
Edition
1
Page amount
293 pages
Categories
Economy
 
Society
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
1-4039-0748-X

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