"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 …

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results with the impact of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on income distribution and the poor. The …"Taking price changes from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model of world trade, the authors use a small open … importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization as part of Russian WTO accession, the authors also include FDI and …

Organization (WTO) negotiations is now likely to bring further reform and shocks to world import prices and export demand. The …"Since the early 1980s the Philippines has undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha Round of World Trade … households in the wake of falling world prices and demand for the Philippines' agricultural exports. The authors find that the …

barriers and agricultural subsidies, and then of possible reform outcomes from the WTO's Doha Development Agenda. The results … 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 …

. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows … that much remains to be done to achieve them. "--World Bank web site …

conclude in favor of a cautious approach to the imposition of new WTO obligations in the area of trade facilitation. On the … whole, this is the approach the WTO has taken, for example, by limiting its negotiations on trade facilitation to several … specific provisions of the GATT. The WTO can continue to function as a catalyst for reform. It is perhaps uniquely placed to …

adjustment costs. "--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 …