Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

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.

A key challenge confronting the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to address perceptions that it is not supportive of development. This book analyzes various issues on the negotiating agenda of the WTO's Doha round including agriculture, intellectual property, competition policy, services, market access, and special and differential treatment.

Part of the World Bank Trade and Development SeriesAnalyzes the WTO's Doha Round negotiating agenda from the perspective of economic development

Introduction and Overview; S.J.Evenett & B.M.Hoekman PART 1: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MARKET ACCESS Reforming Agricultural Policies in the Doha Round; P.Messerlin The Structure of Lobbying and Protection in U.S. Agriculture; K.Gawande Formula Approaches to Liberalizing Trade in Goods: Efficiency and Market Access Considerations; J.Francois, W.Martin & V.Manole Services Policy Reform and Commitments in Trade Agreements: An Analysis of Transition Economies; F.Eschenbach PART 2: DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRADE REGIME Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO: Why, When and How?; A.Keck & P.Low Unilateral Preference Programs: The Evidence; ¿.¿zden & E.Reinhardt Mainstreaming Economic Development in the Trading System; F.Ismail 'Aid for Trade' Increasing Support for Trade Adjustment and Integration: A Proposal; S.Prowse PART 3: RULES AND ENFORCEMENT Trade Facilitation and the WTO; K.Lucenti Investment Incentives and Multilateral Disciplines; B.V.R.Subrahmanyam Economic Perspectives on a Multilateral Agreement on Open Access to Basic Science and Technology; J.Barton & K.Maskus Monitoring Implementation: Japan and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement; S.J.Evenett & A.Shingal The Case for Tradable Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement; K.Bagwell, B.Staiger & P.Mavroidis PART 4: ISSUE LINKAGE Do We Need an Undertaker for the Single Undertaking? Angles of Variable Geometry; P.Levy International Cooperation on Domestic Policies: Lessons from the WTO Competition Policy Debate; B.M.Hoekman & K.Saggi