Recommended reading
Doha and agriculture recommended reading
- Frequently asked questions on special products
- ( Catholic Fund for Overseas Development , 2007)
- In the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agriculture negotiations, the proposal on Special Products (SPs) is of fundamental importance to the majority of developing countries. It is also a...
- From poverty of ambition to ambition on poverty: what the G8 finance ministers must do in Essen to support Africa’s development
- ( T. Sharman; P. Watt / ActionAid International , 2007)
- This ActionAid report discusses the opportunities and challenges it sees for the German government to put the G8 at the forefront of the global fight against poverty and environmental destruction duri...
- Preserving policy space for sustainable development: the subsidies agreement at the WTO
- ( F. A. Ayala; K. P. Gallagher / Trade Knowledge Network , 2005)
- Most of the world’s nations have embarked on a new round of global trade negotiations - the Doha Round. This paper examines how subsidies are used for correcting distortions in the global economy and ...
- Africa and the WTO Doha Round: An Overview
- ( M. Friis Jensen; P. Gibbon / Development Policy Review , 2007)
- Developing countries, and especially Least Developed Countries, were promised a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ‘Development Round’ at Doha in 2001, but Sub-Saharan African countries have gained little...
- Slamming the door on development: analysis of the EU’s response to the Pacific’s EPA negotiating proposals
- ( Oxfam , 2006)
- This report documents the European Union’s position on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions. The report shows that under the proposed EPAs:...
- Doha: a dangerous numbers game
- ( J. Purugganan / Focus on the Global South , 2007)
- With all the attention on reducing tariffs for developing countries, what has happened to the development goals of the Doha Round? This article outlines the measures that the US and other developed co...
- A survey of findings on the poverty impacts of agricultural trade liberalization
- ( T. W. Hertel / Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO , 2006)
- The purpose of this survey is to review the available empirical evidence on the impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation on poverty. While the focus is on agricultural trade policies, consideratio...
