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Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO
Contributor(s): Van Dijck, Pitou (Editor), Faber, Gerrit (Editor)
ISBN: 0415391407     ISBN-13: 9780415391405
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $59.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2006
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Annotation: The Doha Development Agenda holds the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of 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' diverging interests, and the issue of the remaining trade barriers. All this is done in a way that should help stimulate development and contribute to poverty alleviation.
The various effects of trade liberalization on the negotiating parties is studied with particular emphasis on agriculture, services and labor-intensive manufacturing. The likely impact on welfare and growth in a wide range of developed and developing countries is then calculated using sophisticated modelling.
Trade experts from developing countries provide their analysis of the negotiations in the Doha Development Agenda and the role of the coalition formed by Brazil, India, South Africa, China and others.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
- Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs
- Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy
Dewey: 382.92
LCCN: 2005024613
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.72" W x 8.66" (1.32 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Developing World
 
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The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations.

Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this enlightening book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions and to find a way to complete the Doha Round so a meaningful contribution to its main objective i.e. development, is made. Key issues discussed include:

  • the rise of the G20 group of developing countries led by Brazil, China and India
  • the reasons for the failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference at Cancún in 2003
  • the prospects for the poorer developing countries - with emphasis on Africa in particular.

This timely and topical book enables the reader to monitor and evaluate the ongoing negotiations in the DDA, and is a natural follow-up to the bestselling 2001 Routledge title World Trade Organization Millennium Round edited by Deutsch and Speyer.