Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?

Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?

This article: a) summarizes the costs of current merchandise trade distortions to developing and other economies; b) examines some scenarios that might emerge as part of an eventual Doha agreement consistent with the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial decl...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will, van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2013
Subjects:
WTO
Merchandise trade
trade reform
Doha Round
GTAP
Global Trade Analysis Project
Linkage model
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/17753021/doha-merchandise-trade-reform-stake-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16426
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spelling okr-10986-164262021-04-23T14:03:29Z Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries? Anderson, Kym Martin, Will van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique WTO Merchandise trade trade reform Doha Round GTAP Global Trade Analysis Project Linkage model This article: a) summarizes the costs of current merchandise trade distortions to developing and other economies; b) examines some scenarios that might emerge as part of an eventual Doha agreement consistent with the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial declaration, particularly with respect to agriculture; and c) draws implications for the strategies developing countries might adopt in the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations. This article estimates what the world economy might look like in 2015 without and with a successful conclusion to the Doha round, how far Doha could take the world toward an outcome with no distortions in merchandise trade, and what contribution various elements of a Doha package could make. 2013-12-20T18:02:22Z 2013-12-20T18:02:22Z 2006-05-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/17753021/doha-merchandise-trade-reform-stake-developing-countries World Bank Economic Review doi:10.1093/wber/lhj009 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16426 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research :: Journal Article Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic WTO
Merchandise trade
trade reform
Doha Round
GTAP
Global Trade Analysis Project
Linkage model
spellingShingle WTO
Merchandise trade
trade reform
Doha Round
GTAP
Global Trade Analysis Project
Linkage model
Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
geographic_facet Sub-Saharan Africa
description This article: a) summarizes the costs of current merchandise trade distortions to developing and other economies; b) examines some scenarios that might emerge as part of an eventual Doha agreement consistent with the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial declaration, particularly with respect to agriculture; and c) draws implications for the strategies developing countries might adopt in the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations. This article estimates what the world economy might look like in 2015 without and with a successful conclusion to the Doha round, how far Doha could take the world toward an outcome with no distortions in merchandise trade, and what contribution various elements of a Doha package could make.
format Journal Article
author Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_facet Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_sort Anderson, Kym
title Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
title_short Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
title_full Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
title_fullStr Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
title_full_unstemmed Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
title_sort doha merchandise trade reform : what is at stake for developing countries?
publisher Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/17753021/doha-merchandise-trade-reform-stake-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16426
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