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Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO
Contributor(s): Van Dijck, Pitou (Editor), Faber, Gerrit (Editor)
ISBN: 0415647185     ISBN-13: 9780415647182
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $21.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
- Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs
- Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy
Dewey: 382.92
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 182 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.