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  Trade in services

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (7th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and explores its consequences for developing countries.
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  International competition policy

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (5th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) studies the issue of international competition policy, exploring whether it is necessary, what its existing forms are, and the possible mechanisms that could be adopted in the future.
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  Trade protection in the textile and clothing industries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (4th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) explores trade issues in the textiles and clothing industries and the impact of current changes on developing countries.
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  Agricultural trade

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (3rd in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) explores issues around agricultural trade, focusing on the effects of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture on developing countries and on key issues for the next round of negotiations.Claims include:the Agreement on Agriculture began the process of establishing a framework of trade rules for agriculture simi
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  Regional trade agreements

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (2nd in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) focuses on regional trade agreements (RTA) and explores to what extent they advance or retard multilateralist and development objectives.
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  Lessons from NAFTA for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: a summary of research findings

  Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003

  This report attempts to draw lessons from the participation of Mexico in NAFTA in order to provide guidance to other Latin American countries on what they can expect from this type of trade agreement, and to identify policies that can help them derive the maximum benefits from trade integration in the Americas.Findings include:without NAFTA, global exports would have been roughly 25% lo
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  Developing countries and multilateralism

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (1st in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) sets the scene and examines the issues to be addressed by a Development Round of trade negotiations: how developing countries may be affected by different outcomes, and what preparations they need to make to participate effectively. It argues that there has been a massive incorporation of developing countries to multilate
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  The impact of trade liberalisation on enterprises in small backward economies: the case of Chad and Gabon

  Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2003

  This paper assesses the impact of trade liberalisation in countries with a small and backward manufacturing sector. It does so by examining the impact of trade and fiscal reforms and of the 1994 devaluation of the CFA franc on enterprise development in Chad and Gabon.Findings include:the reforms were successful in changing the incentive structure facing producers.
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  Reciprocity in the FTAA: the roles of market access, institutions and negotiating capacity

  2003

  Latin American countries can benefit from the FTAA through improved access to the region’s markets, and enhanced growth prospects through strengthening basic economic institutions.
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  Freedom to trade in services

  International Policy Network, 2003

  This paper argues that service liberalisation would benefit the poor. It argues that there are six myths about trade in services that it seeks to challenge.

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