"For decades the world's agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very … restrictiveness indexes. It then exploits a global agricultural distortions database recently compiled by the World Bank to generate … a sample of 75 countries that together account for more than three-quarters of the world's production of those …

"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional … sector policies are generated without a formal model of global markets or even price elasticity estimates. "--World Bank web …

. 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 …

-market premium and putting more downward pressure on domestic prices. "--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 …

the 5 percent generated by the most commonly used global model (GTAP) and reported in the paper's final section. "--World …

(Version 6.05) and the LINKAGE model of the global economy are used to examine the impact first of current merchandise trade … 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 …

Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy (projected to 2015), their results … food importers or are enjoying preferential access to agricultural markets of high-income countries. "--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 …