Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development : Perspectives and Priorities from Developing Countries

Too often discussion of the governance of global trade and the multilateral trading system is dominated by developed-country scholars and opinion-makers, with inadequate attention to developing country perspectives. To address this shortcoming, the edited compilation Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development gathers a diversity of developing country views on how to improve the governance of global trade and the WTO to better advance sustainable development and respond to developing country needs. With contributions by senior scholars, commentators and practitioners, the essays combine new, empirically-grounded research and practical insights about the trade policy-making process. They consider the specific governance issues of interest to developing countries and acknowledge the changing dynamics in the global economy and in trade decision-making. This working paper is the introduction to the volume