Emerging Powers in the WTO

Developing Countries and Trade in the 21st Century
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-45201-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

This volume examines the main factors for developing country trade performance in the last thirty years, their own trade policies, market access issues they face, and their increasingly more effective participation in the WTO and the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michalopoulos, C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Developing Countries in World Trade 1. Trends in Developing-Country Trade, 1980-2010 2. Trade and Development in GATT and the WTO 3. WTO Accession Issues 4. Developing-Country Policies 5. Developing-Country Trade-Related Institutions and Aid for Trade 6. Developed-Country Policies 7. The TRIPs Agreement and Developing Countries 8. Developing-Country Participation in the WTO 9. The Doha Round Negotiations 10. The Future of WTO in Global Governance 11. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix 1: Country Groupings Appendix 2: Method of Estimating Frequency Ratios References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Constantine Michalopoulos wrote this volume while a Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. For many years he was a senior official at the World Bank and has served as Chief Economist of the US Agency for International Development and as Special Advisor at the WTO. Following his retirement from the World Bank he has been a consultant to many governments and international organizations on trade, aid and development. He is an author of several books and over 100 monographs and articles on these issues.