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OverviewAlthough the current round of international trade negotiations was called a ‘Development Round’, very little was accomplished before the negotiations stalled in mid-2006. Developing countries as a group stand to gain very substantially from trade reform in agricultural commodities. It is less clear how the 50 countries identified by the United Nations as the ‘Least Developed Countries’ (LDCs), which have been subject to special consideration in international trade negotiations, would fare. Would they lose their preferential trade access to the OECD markets and, if so, would these losses exceed the potential gains from liberalized trade? Or would low-income countries that currently receive high prices for commodities such as sugar in some OECD-country markets be out-competed by countries such as Brazil in a liberalized market? More generally, would any benefits from liberalized agricultural trade be captured by middle-income countries with good domestic infrastructure and well-functioning markets, leaving few or no economic benefits to the LDCs? How should the LDCs prepare for multilateral reform of agricultural trade, and should they take policy action now in response to the continuation of the trade-distorting agricultural policies pursued by the OECD countries? To what extent do the LDCs and the middle-income developing countries have common interests with respect to the desired outcomes of the trade round? Are the LDCs well represented by the Group of 21, which consists primarily of middle-income countries with strong export potential in agriculture, or should they pursue a different set of goals in future negotiations? In this book, several experts on international trade and development address these and related questions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Niek Koning , Per Pinstrup-AndersenPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: 2007 ed. Volume: 19 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.210kg ISBN: 9781402060793ISBN 10: 1402060793 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 03 April 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsFrom the reviews: <p> This book has its origins in the H. E. Babock Workshop a ~Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and the Least Developed Countries: How Should They Respond to Developments in the WTO?a (TM) a ] . The book comprises 13 essays. a ] Overall, the book can be considered helpful as it presents a number of opinions/hypotheses regarding LDCs/developing countries and in this sense will be of use not only to LDC governments but also to other practitioners (e.g. international trade scholars, negotiators) interested in the possible impacts of trade liberalisation worldwide. (Cesar L. Revoredo-Giha, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 35 (1), 2008) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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