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Making the Doha Round count for Africa
( 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...
Making Special and Differential Treatment work for developing countries
( P. Kleen; S. Page / Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden , 2006)
This online book starts from the premise that, as the international trading system has developed over time and grown more complex, the importance of Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) has increa...
Recommendations on how to improve trade gains for least developed countries
( D. Das / Center for International Development, Harvard University , 2006)
This article focuses on the special and differential treatment (SDT) of the developing economies in the multilateral trade regime. Many small and low-income developing countries are concerned that tra...
Factors driving the proliferation of bilateral trade agreements
( J. Menon / ADB Institute , 2006)
Why have bilateral trade agreements (BTAs) been proliferating? What are their impacts on multilateralism and the world trading system? The key to answering these questions, this paper argues, is ident...
Buiding a conceptual framework for developing countries to utilise WTO Special Products and safeguard mechanisms
( C. Espinosa; C. Bellmann; M. Sell; C. Bartel; J. Kasteng / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development , 2005)
This paper starts from the premise that subsidy and tariff cuts under the Doha Round will not be uniformly good for all farmers in all developing countries, and that opening markets to competition fro...
How special and differential treatment for trade facilitation may be shaped by the cost implications of future agreements
( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2006)
The objective of this study is to offer reflections on how special and differential treatment (SDT) for trade facilitation may be shaped by the cost implications of measures included in future WTO tra...
Ensuring the GATS is as inclusive and effective as possible
( OECD Development Centre , 2006)
This report sets out the particular approach to special and differential treatment (SDT) in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). In particular, the report explores how the degree of flex...
Justifying and envisaging the future of aid for trade policies
( International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty , 2005)
This paper takes the position that the WTO’s Doha Round will promote development only if two conditions are met. First, an ambitious and balanced market access package in key areas such as agricultur...
Clear and concise background on the Doha Round
( International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2005)
This set of 13 briefing papers provide an update on events leading up to and beyond the Kong Hong Ministerial Meeting in December 2005, written in an accessible way. They provide necessary contextual ...
The Doha round as an opportunity for building African competitiveness
( Y. Yang / International Monetary Fund , 2005)
Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been Africa’s two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. This paper argues that African negotiators may hav...
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