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"""It is an advanced Industrial Country Round of what they think they can pass as a Development Round. But we should not let them get away with it."" Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate. Awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. This new report presents the pro-development priorities that it recommends should form the core of the Doha Round agreements and sets out the key steps required for a true development round agenda. In the aftermath of the failure of Cancun, there is a need to reassess the direction of global trade negotiations. It argues that the Doha Round agenda was set by the special interests of advanced industrial countries to serve their own needs. The report takes a step back from the disputes and presents an alternative way forward for the Doha Round of trade negotiations, approaching the issues with a fresh eye. Professor Stiglitz calls for a fundamental reform of the agenda and negotiating process which they see as a requirement of the Doha Round is to deliver on its promise to bring widespread benefits to developing countries."

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Author:   Joseph E. Stiglitz ,  Andrew Charlton
Publisher:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Imprint:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780850928013

ISBN 10:   085092801
Pages:   126
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. The Need for a Development Round 2.1 Redressing Past Imbalances 2.2 Unfinished Business 2.3 New Area of Importance 3. Doha's Development So Far 4. Principles of a Development Round 4.1 Any Agreement Should Be Assessed in Terms of its Impact on Development 4.2 Any Agreement Should Be Fair 4.21 Fairness between Foreign and Domestic Producers 4.2.2 Other Problems in the Interpretation of Fairness 4.3 Any Agreement Should Be Fairly Arrived At 4.4 The Policy Space Should Be Interpreted Conservatively 4.5 Some Implications 5. Priorities for a Development Round 5.1 The Context 5.2 Market Access Priorities 5.2.1 Labour Mobility and Unskilled Labour-intensive Services 5.2.2 Agriculture 5.2.3 Liberalisation of Industrial Goods 5.2.4 Non-tariff Barriers 5.3 Priorities in Non-market Access Issues 5.3.1 Restrictions on Tax and Incentive Competition to Attract Investors 5.3.2 Anti-corruption Policies 5.3.4 Responding to Crises: From Beggar-thy-neighbour to Help-thy-neighbour 5.3.5 Trade Implementation and Environment Facility 5.4 What Should Not Be on the Agenda 5.4.1 Investor Agreement 5.4.2 Intellectual Property Rights 5.4.3 Other Services 5.4.4 Other Regulatory Interventions 5.4.5 Exchange Rate Manipulation 6. Special Issues 6.1 Special and Differential Treatment and the Development Box 6.2 Intellectual Property Issues 6.3 Competition Issues 6.4 Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements and South-South Trade 7. Institutional Reforms 7.1 Procedures 7.2 Structures and Representation 8. A Practical Agenda Appendix 1. Empirical Review of Market Access Proposals Appendix 2. Regulatory Harmonisation: The Singapore Issues References

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Joseph Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001 and is a University Professor at Columbia University. He was Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000 and Chair of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors from 1995-97.

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