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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laird, Sam[Herausgeber]
• Córdoba, Santiago Fernández de[Herausgeber]

Titel

Coping with Trade Reforms : A Developing Country Perspective on the WTO Industrial Tariff Negotiations [electronic resource]

Ort / Verlag

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Supachai Panitchpakdi; Foreword by Tony Venables; List of Contributors; Overview; Part I What to Expect from the WTO Negotiations; 1 Now What? Searching for a Solution to the WTO Industrial Tariff Negotiations; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Existing protection; 1.3 WTO negotiations: from Doha to Hong Kong; 1.4 The scenarios; 1.5 Tariff changes; 1.6 Modelling trade policy; 1.7 Simulation results; 1.8 Implications and conclusions
• 2 Comment: the Effects of Tariff Liberalizations and Preference Erosion2.1 Developing-country tariffs matter for LDC market access; 2.2 Preferences and the benefits of NAMA negotiations for LDCs; 2.3 Concluding comments; 3 Adjustment Costs and Trade Liberalization; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Definition of adjustment costs; 3.3 The rise in concern about structural adjustment costs; 3.4 The nature of structural adjustment costs; 3.5 Measuring structural adjustment costs; 3.6 Policy implications; 3.7 Concluding comments; Part II Adjusting to Trade Reforms: Country Studies; 4 Bangladesh
• 4.1 Introduction4.2 Role of foreign trade; 4.3 Reform and liberalization policies; 4.4 Implications of the reforms and liberalization; 4.5 Adjustment costs arising from trade agreements; 5 Brazil; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview of the Brazilian economy; 5.3 Trade liberalization; 5.4 Economic impact of trade liberalization; 5.5 Conclusions, policy lessons and implications of the Doha Negotiations; 6 Bulgaria; 6.1 Introduction and overview of the country; 6.2 Trade liberalization and its economic impacts; 6.3 Policy lessons and implications; 7 India; 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Overview of the trade and economic reforms7.3 The development impact of trade liberalization; 7.4 Possible effects on Indian industry of further trade liberalization under NAMA; 7.5 Conclusions; 8 Jamaica; 8.1 Introduction and overview of the country; 8.2 Trade liberalization; 8.3 Economic impact of trade liberalization; 8.4 Development impact of trade liberalization; 8.5 Policy lessons and implications; 9 Malawi; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Trade liberalization and its impact; 9.3 Policy lessons and implications; 10 The Philippines; 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 The Philippines economy: overview and recent trends10.3 Trade reforms and recent trends; 10.4 Assessing the effects of freer trade policies; 10.5 Transaction costs; 10.6 Concluding remarks; 11 Zambia; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Trade policy and reform; 11.3 Effects of the reforms; 11.4 Conclusions and policy lessons; 12 Comment: The Process of Trade Liberalization in the Eight Countries; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Impact on economic and social development; 12.3 Conclusions: what next?; 13 Comment: Reflections on the Trade Reforms and Policy Implications; 13.1 Introduction
• 13.2 Challenging the current view of the liberalization process
• 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.
• English