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While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and
led to environmental protection in developing countries, others
claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor
sustainability. The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate
that neither interpretation is universally correct, given how much
depends on specific policies and institutions that determine
a??on-the-grounda?? outcomes. Drawing on research from six
countries around the developing world, the book also presents the
unique perspectives of researchers at both the worlda??s largest
development organization (The World Bank) and the worlda??s largest
conservation organization (World Wildlife Fund) on the debate over
trade liberalization and its effects on poverty and the
environment. The authors trace international trade rules and events
down through national development contexts to investigate
on-the-ground outcomes for real people and places. The studies
underscore the importance of evaluating trade from a perspective
that pays attention to environmental and social vulnerability and
understands the linkages between poverty reduction and
environmental protection. The lessons drawn provide a critical
first step in developing the appropriate response options needed to
ensure that trade plays a positive role in promoting truly
sustainable development. Academics and students in environmental
economics, development economics and agriculture, as well as
policymakers and those in development institutions will appreciate
this groundbreaking work.
Developing countries have a major stake in the outcome of trade
negotiations conducted under the auspices of the World Trade
Organization (WTO). 'Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading
System for Development' explores the key issues and options in
agricultural trade liberalization from the perspective of these
developing countries. Leading experts in trade and agriculture from
both developed and developing countries provide key research
findings and policy analyses on a range of issues that includes
market access, domestic support, export competition, quota
administration methods, food security, biotechnology, intellectual
property rights, and agricultural trade under the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Agriculture.Material is covered in summary and in
comprehensive detail with supporting data, a substantial
bibliography, and listings of online resources. This book will be
of interest to policymakers and analysts in the fields of
development economics and commodities pricing and trade.
In the ongoing Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization
negotiations, developing countries have had much greater leverage,
due at least in part to their large and growing share of world
trade. But will the increased influence of developing countries
translate into a final agreement that is truly more
development-friendly? What would be key ingredients in such a final
outcome of the negotiations, and what would the developing
countries really get out of it. This two volume set seeks to answer
these questions. This volume (Volume 2) addresses the question of
how a development-friendly outcome to the talks would affect
developing countries by quantifying the impact of multilateral
trade reform. It presents several different approaches to modeling
the effects of the outcome of negotiations, and then investigates
why these (and other) modeling efforts produce such divergent
results. Volume 1 is issues-oriented. It takes up some key
questions in the negotiations, setting the stage with a historical
overview of the Doha Development Agenda to help identify issues of
most significance to developing countries, and then explores select
issues in greater depth. Aimed at policymakers and stakeholders,
this two-volume effort puts into the public domain important
analytical work that will improve the chance for a pro-development
outcomes of the Doha round negotiations.
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