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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 …
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The author analyzes what actions could be taken in the context of the World Trade Organization's Doha negotiations to … likelihood that WTO negotiations will support development. To achieve these targets, the author proposes a number of negotiating … GATT/WTO trading system, but also provides a model for how to pursue effective policy research. …
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The authors examine the effects of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare, and poverty …. (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 …
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policies and strengthened the parts industry. In China, liberalization for WTO entry, rapid expansion in demand, and strong … and liberalization of regional and global trade to create significant parts industries in China, Indonesia, and the … small number of business groups, an extended period of protection, and support for export promotion led to economies of …
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firms' product scope and export sales changed after Chinese liberalization vis-a-vis Asian liberalization. The findings … for 18 percent of additional French export sales. These results are robust when accounting for foreign competition faced …
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Since the 1995 inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO), developing countries have become some of the most … frequent users of the WTO-sanctioned antidumping trade policy instrument. This paper exploits newly available data to examine … are more likely to face the changing economic conditions specified by the technical evidentiary criteria of the WTO …
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; and the mobilization of resources to deal with the trade problems of least developed countries. WTO Members have offered …
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Rich countries' agricultural trade policies are the battleground on which the future of the WTO's troubled Doha Round …
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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 …
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The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control, a process of liberalization in cotton production and marketing began in 1994. These reforms were expected to benefit agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often...
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