Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries

Key Issues for a Pro-Development Outcome of the Doha Round

John Nash, Alex F. McCalla

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9780821364970
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Exports & Imports
• Index: Economics

In the ongoing Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations, developing countries have had much greater leverage, due at least in part to their large and growing share of world trade. But will the increased influence of developing countries translate into a final agreement that is truly more development-friendly? What would be key ingredients in such a final outcome of the negotiations, and what would the developing countries really get out of it. This two volume set seeks to answer these questions. This volume (Volume 1) is issues-oriented. It takes up some key questions in the negotiations, setting the stage with a historical overview of the Doha Development Agenda to help identify issues of most significance to developing countries, and then explores select issues in greater depth. Volume 2 addresses the question of how a development-friendly outcome to the talks would affect developing countries by quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It presents several different approaches to modeling the effects of the outcome of negotiations, and then investigates why these (and other) modeling efforts produce such divergent results. Aimed at policymakers and stakeholders, this two-volume effort puts into the public domain important analytical work that will improve the chance for a pro-development outcomes of the Doha round negotiations.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 Agricultural Trade Reform and Developing Countries: Issues, Challenges, and Structure of the Volume
• CHAPTER 2 An Overview of the WTO Agricultural Negotiations
• CHAPTER 3 Developing Country Experience with the Key Policy Issues of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
• CHAPTER 4 The Impact of Agricultural Support Policies on Developing Countries
• CHAPTER 5 Coalitions and Alliance Strategies for Developing Countries in the Doha Round of Agricultural Negotiations
• CHAPTER 6 Domestic Management of Price Risk in the Context of Trade Reform in Developing Countries
• CHAPTER 7 Implications of Food Import Regulations and Market Access for Developing Countries
• CHAPTER 8 Implications of Multifunctionality for Developing Countries
• CHAPTER 9 Managing Import Competition When Developing Countries Liberalize Trade: India’s Experience
• CHAPTER 10 The Breadth of Policy Reforms and the Potential Gains from Agricultural Trade Liberalization: An Ex Post Look at Three Latin American Countries
• Contributors
• Index
• Back Cover