Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development (World Bank Trade and Development Series)

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. What's at stake : developing-country interests in the DOHA development round / Merlinda D. Ingco, John D. Nash Trade agreements : achievements and issues ahead / Merlinda D. Ingco, John Croome Export competition policies / Harry de Gorter, Lilian Ruiz, Merlinda D. Ingco Market access : economics and the effects of policy instruments / Harry de Gorter, Merlinda D. Ingco, Laura Ignacio Quota administration methods : economics and effects with trade liberalization / Harry de Gorter, Jana Hranaiova Domestic support : economics and policy instruments / Harry de Gorter, Merlinda D. Ingco, Laura Ignacio The distributional effects of agricultural policy reforms / Harry de Gorter, Merlinda D. Ingco, Cameron Short The multifunctionality of agriculture and its implications for policy / David Vanzetti, Els Wynen Food security and agricultural trade policy reform / Merlinda D. Ingco, Donald Mitchell, John D. Nash Managing potential adverse impacts of agricultural trade liberalization / William Foster, Alberto Valdés The sanitary and phytosanitary agreement, food safety policies, and product attributes / Simonetta Zarrilli with Irene Musselli Agricultural biotechnology : a primer for policymakers / Donald J. MacKenzie, Morven A. McLean Global intellectual property rights : a new factor in farming / Geoff Tansey Rules and options for special and differential treatment / Constantine Michalopoulos Special trade arrangements to improve market access / Helen Freeman.

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.

Developing Countries, Agriculture and the WTO explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from a developing country perspective. The handbook is of particular interest for both developed and developing countries. Chapters cover market access, domestic support, export competition, quota administration methods, food security, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, agricultural trade under the URAA, and many other subjects, always focusing on the question of how the outcome of the WTO negotiations can be made pro-development. Readers are assumed to have at least Chapters cover: market access; domestic support policies; export competition policies; regional trade agreements; food security; biotechnology; intellectual property rights and their impact on farming; the distributional effects of various agricultural policy reforms, and rules and options for special and differential treatment for developing countries in the context of agricultural trade reform. Throughout, the focus is on ensuring that the outcome of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) negotiations contributes to growth in developing countries Annotation This comprehensive reference explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from a developing country perspective. Throughout, the focus is on ensuring that the outcome of WTO negotiations contributes to growth in developing countries 'A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press.'