people, and policies to reduce protection and other inequities in the world trading system. Global Economic Prospects 2004 … world trading system and the role of trade preferences, exemptions from WTO rules, and technical assistance to implement WTO …

exports to industrial countries has yet to be fully bound in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) (World Bank …

liberalization could move the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more developing countries themselves … cut applied tariffs, particularly on agricultural imports. "--World Bank web site …

are built up using newly available tariff line data and their implications for world markets are established using a … global modeling framework. These world trade impacts, in turn, form the basis for 12 country case studies of the national … cross-section analysis, and a global analysis provides estimates for the world as a whole. "--World Bank web site …

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"Anderson and Martin examine the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from … multilateral trade reform over the next decade. They use the World Bank's linkage model of the global economy to examine the impact … first of current trade barriers and agricultural subsidies, and then of possible outcomes from the World Trade Organization …

. (2) Free world trade has similar, but larger, impacts. (3) Domestic trade liberalization induces an expansion of … liberalization effects far outweigh those of free world trade when these scenarios are combined. (5) Remittances constitute a … powerful poverty-reducing tool given their greater importance in the income of the poor. "--World Bank web site …

"Contrary to the prevailing view that the Doha negotiations have achieved little, the authors find that on trade … whole, this is the approach the WTO has taken, for example, by limiting its negotiations on trade facilitation to several … achieved. "--World Bank web site …

and the best offers that they have made in the current Doha negotiations. The paper finds that at this stage, Doha … 2.3 times more restrictive than current policies. The best offers submitted so far as part of the Doha negotiations …. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows …

"The outlines of a potential agreement, emerging after seven years of negotiations, imply that Doha offers three key … actual gain. "--World Bank web site …