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Doha: a route out of poverty?

Doha: a route out of poverty?

Authors: Kym Anderson; The World Bank
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

At the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Doha in November 2001, members agreed to launch the next round of multilateral trade negotiations. However, many developing countries have bad memories of the results of the previous Uruguay meeting and doubt whether they are likely to gain from this latest attempt to liberalise trade. Are their fears justified?