"Services trade reform matters, but what is Doha doing about it? It has been hard to judge, because of the opaqueness … on the table. It presents the results of the first survey of applied trade policies in the major services sectors of 56 …. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows …

"This paper examines the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied … results suggest that concerns about a negative effect of preferential liberalization on external trade liberalization are …

; and the mobilization of resources to deal with the trade problems of least developed countries. WTO Members have offered … members include vital tariff lines. The initiatives on trade facilitation and aid for trade can play a valuable catalytic role …

"This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in …

"Using tariffs as a measure of openness, the authors find consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade … liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in … and in countries relatively well-endowed in mining and fuels. Trade liberalization is associated with decreases in …

"This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of trade reforms in rural areas of Bangladesh. The liberalization of … trade in irrigation equipment and fertilizer markets during the early 1990s has led to structural changes in the … in rural areas tend to be poorer than net sellers, trade liberalization has benefited the poor. Although the authors are …