. 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 …

"There is a fundamental shift taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to … interests largely in the rich countries, is running out of steam; (ii) the world economy is moving broadly from conditions of … commonality of interests and scope for give-and-take on these new issues make multilateral cooperation worth attempting. "--World …

actual gain. "--World Bank web site …

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 …

"The benefits of services trade reform are huge but services negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are … source countries-to screen services providers, accept and facilitate their return, and combat illegal migration. "--World …

adjustment costs. "--World Bank web site …

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Zambian children. The impacts, however, are relatively small. "--World Bank web site …

"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 …