WTO negotiations and agricultural trade liberalization : the effect of developed countries' policies on developing countries / edited by E. Diaz-Bonilla, S.E. Frandsen and S. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, 1948-

Frandsen, Søren Elkjær.

Robinson, Sherman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Produce trade--Developing countries.

Produce trade.

Developing countries.

Produce trade--Government policy.

Agriculture and state.

Foreign trade regulation.

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

x, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2006]

Summary:

WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization arises from a joint project between the Food and Resource Economics Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington. It analyses the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. The project addressed the main issues raised by groups debating trade and development issues (which include developing countries' governments, politicians, farmers' organizations, NGOs, trade specialists and development specialists) by applying quantitative techniques. The main focus is on food security, poverty and other topics such as multifunctionality, biotechnology and regional agreements, as an input to policy reform within the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The results have been presented in a way that is usable by interested parties in developing countries. This book will be of significant interest to those researching and working in agricultural economics, development studies and law.

Contents:

2 Review of the EU Common Agricultural Policy / Soren E. Frandsen, Aage Walter-Jorgensen 34

3 The Common Agricultural Policy in an Enlarged Europe: Bright or Bleak Prospects for Africa? / Birgitte Gersfelt, Hans G. Jensen 57

4 US Agricultural Policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO Doha Round Proposals / David Orden 80

5 The Effects of Domestic Agricultural Reforms and Market Access on Trade and Production in Less Developed Countries / Sherman Robinson, Karen E. Thierfelder 103

6 Potential Coalitions and Convergence in the Doha Round / Kim Martin Lind, Christian Bjornskov 122

7 Assessing the Harbinson Draft on Modalities in the WTO Agriculture Negotiations / Soren E. Frandsen, Hans G. Jensen, Kim M. Lind, Poul P. Melgaard, Wusheng Yu 142

8 Food Security and the World Trade Organization: a Typology of Countries / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Marcelle Thomas, Sherman Robinson, Andrea Cattaneo 162

9 A Proposal for Combating Acute Food Shortages Based on Sub-Saharan African Needs / Kim M. Lind 184

10 Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection in the Development and Food Security Boxes versus Investments in the Green Box / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Xinshen Diao, Sherman Robinson 207

11 That Was Then but This Is Now: Multifunctionality in Industry and Agriculture / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Jonathan Tin 235

12 Trade in Genetically Modified Food: Promises and Pitfalls for the Poor / Chantal Pohl Nielsen, Karen Thierfelder 261

13 Is the Everything But Arms Initiative the way to go for Least Developed Countries in the WTO Negotiations? / Wusheng Yu, Trine Vig Jensen 282

14 New Regionalism in the Aftermath of Cancun: to the Benefit or Detriment of Developing Countries? / Chantal Pohl Nielsen 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845930509

OCLC:

61295949

Publisher Number:

9781845930509