This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development progress, and makes the case that the post-2015 development agenda should include considerations related to trade rules and supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between...

At their 2005 Spring meetings, the Development Committee and IMFC called on the Bank and Fund to work with others to develop more detailed proposals, for consideration at the Annual Meetings, to help developing countries adjust to and take advantage of the Doha Round. In response, Bank and Fund...

Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is an ambitious programme for the developing countries declared in the WTO Doha Ministerial Conference in 2001. When looking beyond the DDA and the issues which are likely to be discussed in the coming Cancun Ministerial, the consensus is unlikely. The present...