Trade Progress Report - Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade
Trade Progress Report - Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2005-09-19

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1498331033

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Updates the Board on progress in the WTO negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda in the run-up to the Hong Kong SAR Ministerial in December, and presents proposals on aid for trade to be submitted to the Development Committee and International Monetary and Finance Committee in September as requested during the spring meetings.

Trade, Doha, and Development
Trade, Doha, and Development

Author: Richard S. Newfarmer

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13:

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The role of trade in promoting international development is becoming increasingly important in our globalised world, and the global trading system has the potential to help the world's poor if trading inequities can be remedied. This publication examines the key trade issues relevant to the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations and the evolution of the world trading system as a means to address barriers to growth in developing countries, focusing on the Doha Round. Issues discussed include: potential gains from trade liberalisation for developed and developing countries; reforming trade in agriculture as a key to the success of the Doha Round; markets for manufacturing and services; trade facilitation, TRIPs and the regulatory agenda; the role of regional trade agreements; and issues of aid for trade, in order to help low-income countries develop the infrastructure needed to participate in the global economy and benefit from new market opportunities.

Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO
Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO

Author: Pitou van Dijck

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-18

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1134165722

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The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this enlightening book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions and to find a way to complete the Doha Round so a meaningful contribution to its main objective i.e. development, is made. Key issues discussed include: the rise of the G20 group of developing countries led by Brazil, China and India the reasons for the failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference at Cancún in 2003 the prospects for the poorer developing countries - with emphasis on Africa in particular. This timely and topical book enables the reader to monitor and evaluate the ongoing negotiations in the DDA, and is a natural follow-up to the bestselling 2001 Routledge title World Trade Organization Millennium Round edited by Deutsch and Speyer.

The WTO after Hong Kong
The WTO after Hong Kong

Author: Donna Lee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-05-07

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134082851

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After the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) critical December 2005 Hong Kong ministerial meeting, negotiations to implement the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) broke down completely in the summer of 2006. This book offers a detailed and critical evaluation of how and why the negotiations arrived at this point and what the future holds for the WTO. It brings together leading scholars in the field of trade from across the social sciences who address the key issues at stake, the principal players in the negotiations, the role of fairness and legitimacy in the Doha Round, and the prospects for the DDA’s conclusion. The WTO after Hong Kong is the most comprehensive account of the current state of the World Trade Organization and will be of enormous interest to students of trade politics, international organizations, development and international political economy.

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019 Economic Diversification and Empowerment
Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019 Economic Diversification and Empowerment

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9264429514

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This edition analyses how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with a focus on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and youth. It shows how aid for trade can contribute to that objective by addressing supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints, including for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises notably in rural areas.

World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization

Author: Loren Yager (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781422302200

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The outcome of ongoing World Trade Org. (WTO) negotiations is vital to the U.S. economy, because trade with WTO members accounts for 1/5 of the U.S. GDP. The current round of trade negotiations -- the Doha Round -- was supposed to end by 1/05 with agree. on the key issues of ag., industrial market access, services, & to strengthen the trading system's contribution to economic development. Failure to reach any agree. at the last WTO meeting in 9/03, threatened the outcome; however, talks resumed in 2004, & a new conf. will convene in 12/05. This report assessed: (1) the status of the Doha Round negotiations, (2) progress on key negotiating issues, & (3) factors affecting progress toward concluding the negotiations. Charts & tables.

World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization

Author: Elizabeth Sirois

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2002-02

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9780756731663

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In Nov. 2001, the WTO launched a new set of multilateral negotiations. It laid out an ambitious agenda for a broad set of new multilateral trade negotiations, which calls for a continuation of discussions on liberalizing trade in ag. and services, which began in 2000. It also provides for new talks on market access for non-ag. products, trade and the environ., trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, and other issues. This report: (1) analyzes the factors that contributed to the successful launch of new WTO negotiations, (2) analyzes the key interim deadlines for the most sensitive issues from the present time through the next ministerial conference in 2003, and (3) evaluates the most significant challenges facing the WTO in the overall negotiations.

World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization

Author: Loren Yager (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781422307243

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The World Trade Org. (WTO) Doha Dev't. RoundÓ of global trade talks, launched in Doha, Qatar, in Nov. 2001, is a once in a generation opportunityÓ to expand trade. Due to various require., concluding the negotiations in 2006 is essential for a Doha agree. to qualify for congressional consid. under U.S. Trade Promotion Auth. (TPA), which expires July 1, 2007. A ministerial meeting among the WTO's 149 members was held on Dec. 13-18, 2005, in Hong Kong, China, to make decisions needed to advance the talks. This report: provides the status of the Doha negotiations on the eve of the Hong Kong ministerial; reviews the outcome of the Hong Kong ministerial; & discusses the prospects for concluding the Doha Round before TPA expires in July 2007. Ill.