Fair trade for all : how trade can promote development

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Title:

Author:

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

ISBN:

9780199219988

Personal Author:

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

A reissue of the 2005 edition with a new foreword by Joseph Stiglitz.

Contents:

1. Introduction : the story so far -- 2. Trade can be good for development -- 3. The need for a development round -- 4. What has Doha achieved? -- 5. Founding principles : the basis for a fair agreement -- 6. Special treatment for developing countries -- 7. Priorities for a development round -- 8. How to open up markets -- 9. Priorities beyond the border -- 10. What should not be on the agenda? -- 11. Joining the trading system -- 12. Institutional reforms -- 13. Trade liberalization and the costs of adjustment -- App. 1. Empirical review of market access issues -- App. 2. Empirical review of the Singapore issues.

Abstract:

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? Here, Stiglitz and his co- author, Australian Andrew Charlton, address of the key issues facing world leaders today.

Corporate Subject:

World Trade Organization.

Subject Term:

International trade.

Commercial policy.

Economic development.

Geographic Term:

Developing countries -- Commerce.

Added Author:

Charlton, Andrew (Andrew Henry George), 1978-

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Summary

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They put forward a radical and realistic new model for managing trading relationships between the richest and the poorest countries. Their approach is designed to open up markets in the interests of all and not just the most powerful economies, to ensure that trade promotes development, and to minimise the costs of adjustments. Beginning with a brief history of the World Trade Organisation and its agreements, the authors explore the issues and events which led to the failure of Cancun and the obstacles that face the successful completion of the Doha Round of negotiations. Finally they spell out the reforms and principles upon which a successful agreement must be based. Accessibly written and packed full of empirical evidence and analysis, this book is a must read for anyone interested in world trade and development.