The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of … countries, they can have adverse effects on excluded countries. Lowering of border barriers around the world is crucial to … minimizing these effects. The completion of the Doha Development Agenda by all countries in the World Trade Organization will …

"The binding of tariff rates and adoption of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization … pressures for protection in agencies with economy-wide accountabilities. The World Trade Organization's procedural requirements … the rules against them. They pointed out that World Trade Organization rules do not require the use of such criteria, nor …

recent studies. This solution makes the simple model consistent with the complicated decisionmaking process in real world … government. The results imply the underpinnings of a political economy equilibrium that will be hard to dislodge. "--World Bank …

interests. "--World Bank web site …

importance of World Trade Organization (WTO) accession as a development tool, and discusses the recent successful development … part treats World Trade Organization institutions and disciplines, again with Russia and CIS applications. And the third … a wide policy audience. The Handbook forms the basis of a World Bank Institute course on trade policy and WTO accession …

not feel pressure (Carlin and others 2001; World Bank 2004). However, competition also appears to affect innovation in …, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the determinants of competition"--World Bank web …