Trading up : economic perspectives on development issues in the multilateral trading system.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD trade policy studies.

OECD trade policy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--Developing countries.

Free trade.

International trade.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : OECD, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The prospect of further trade liberalisation sometimes attracts a noisy public discourse, particularly with respect to the possible implications for developing countries. This volume considers trade and development from an economic perspective, aiming to examine these emotive issues using empirical approaches and dispassionate analysis. What are the potential welfare impacts on developing countries from further liberalisation? What economic adjustments would such liberalisation entail? What policy options exist for developing countries seeking to seize on new market opportunities while responding to the associated structural challenges? Trading Up: Economic Perspectives on Development Issues in the Multilateral Trading System delivers new insights from the latest OECD and World Bank research on these questions and related topics.

Contents:

Agricultural Policy Reform, Factor Returns and Household Welfare

South-South Goods and Services Trade

Services as Outputs and Intermediate Inputs

Impact on Government Revenue of Changes in Tariffs in Developing Countries

Trade Preference Erosion

The Doha Development Agenda

Global Merchandise Trade Reform

Assessing Special and Differential Treatment and Aid for Trade as Complements to Multilateral Trade Liberalisation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-60713-0

9786610607136

92-64-02558-8

OCLC:

69660079