Agriculture and the WTO

Creating a Trading System for Development

Oxford University Press USA, Merlinda Ingco, John D. Nash

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2004
• Topic: Economics
• eBook ISBN:
  9780821383681
• Subtopic: Exports & Imports
• Index: Economics

Developing countries have a major stake in the outcome of trade negotiations conducted under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). 'Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development' explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from the perspective of these developing countries. Leading experts in trade and agriculture from both developed and developing countries provide key research findings and policy analyses on a range of issues that includes market access, domestic support, export competition, quota administration methods, food security, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and agricultural trade under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. Material is covered in summary and in comprehensive detail with supporting data, a substantial bibliography, and listings of online resources. This book will be of interest to policymakers and analysts in the fields of development economics and commodities pricing and trade.

Table of contents

• Contents
• List of Boxes
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Foreword
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• 1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? DEVELOPING-COUNTRY INTERESTS IN THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND
• 2. TRADE AGREEMENTS: ACHIEVEMENTS AND ISSUES AHEAD
• 3. EXPORT COMPETITION POLICIES
• 4. MARKET ACCESS: ECONOMICS AND THE EFFECTS OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS
• 5. QUOTA ADMINISTRATION METHODS: ECONOMICS AND EFFECTS WITH TRADE LIBERALIZATION
• 6. DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECONOMICS AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS
• 7. THE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS
• 8. THE “MULTIFUNCTIONALITY” OF AGRICULTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
• 9. FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY REFORM
• 10. MANAGING POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
• 11. THE SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY AGREEMENT, FOOD SAFETY POLICIES, AND PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES
• 12. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: A PRIMER FOR POLICYMAKERS
• 13. GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: A NEW FACTOR IN FARMING
• 14. RULES AND OPTIONS FOR SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
• 15. SPECIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS TO IMPROVE MARKET ACCESS
• APPENDIX A: OECD POLICY EVALUATION MATRIX AND TRENDS IN POLICY FOR VARIOUS COMMODITIES
• APPENDIX B: THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE
• INDEX
• LIST OF BOXES
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF FIGURES