Coping with Trade Reforms de S. Laird

Coping with Trade Reforms: A Developing Country Perspective on the WTO Industrial Tariff Negotiations

S. Laird

S. Fernández de Córdoba

Kenneth A. Loparo

This book gauges possible development implications of current WTO trade negotiations by examining various proposals and assessing their likely economic impact. The experiences of a number of countries at different levels of development and across various regions are examined to ascertain the impact of their trade reforms.

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Cuprins

List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Foreword; S.Panitchpakdi Foreword; T.Venables List of Contributors Overview; S.Laird & S.Fernández de Córdoba PART 1: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS Now What? Searching for a Solution to the WTO Industrial Tariff Negotiations; S.Fernández de Córdoba & D.Vanzetti Comment: The Effects of Tariff Liberalizations and Preference Erosion; J.Francois Adjustments Costs and Trade Liberalization; S.Fernández de Córdoba, S.Laird, J-C.Maur & J.M.Serena PART 2: ADJUSTING TO TRADE REFORMS: COUNTRY STUDIES Bangladesh; N.Rahman Brazil; L.Valls Pereira Bulgaria; V.Ognivtsev India; V.Jha Jamaica; M.Witter Malawi; K.Mbkeani Philippines; R.L.Clarete Zambia; M.Ndulo & D.Mudenda Comment: Reflections on the Trade Reforms and Policy Implications; P.A.Messerlin Index

Notă biografică

RAMON L. CLARETE Professor of Economics, University of the Philippines, PhilippinesJOE FRANCOIS Professor of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The NetherlandsVEENA JHA Project Co-ordinator and Representative to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCIAD), IndiaJEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAUR Economic Adviser, Trade Policy, DFID, UK, and Research Fellow, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences-Po (GEM), FranceKENNEDY MBKEANI Senior Research Fellow in International Economics, Botswana Institute for Development policy ANALYSIS, BotswanaPATRICK A. MESSERLIN Professor of Economics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Director of the Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences-Po (GEM), FranceDALE MUDENDA lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Zambia, ZambiaMANENGA NDULO lecturer, Department of Economics at the University of Zambia, ZambiaVICTOR OGNIVTSEV Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, SwitzerlandLIA VALLS PEREIRA Senior Economist, Instituto Brasileiro de Economia and Professor in International Economics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJOSE MARIA SERENA Economist, Bank of Spain, SpainNARUN RAHMAN Freelance ConsultantDAVID VANZETTI Visiting Fellow, Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, AustraliaMICHAEL WITTER Senior lecturer and Head, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica