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OverviewThis publication in the Economic Paper series examines the accession process for World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership. The study analyses the services sector commitments demanded of new members and concludes these are very onerous in comparison to those made by existing WTO members. It argues that the whole accession process is fundamentally flawed and, in fact, forces applicant countries to accept demands that are not required under WTO agreements. The paper focuses on one of the crucial international trade agreements, the General Agreement in Trade and Services, and analyses sector-specific commitments by countries. It then uses a series of statistical tests to verify whether acceding countries have made significantly higher number of specific commitments than existing WTO members. The study uses a strong body of econometric evidence to support its claim that acceding countries undertake significantly greater commitments than those made by WTO members of a similar developing status. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roman Grynberg , Victor Ognivtsev , Mohammad A. RazzaquePublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat Volume: No.54 Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 25.50cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9780850927504ISBN 10: 0850927501 Pages: 72 Publication Date: 01 January 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsAbbreviations Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. The Process of Accession to the WTO 3. GATS and Sector Specific Services Commitments 3.1 GATS and Types of Services 3.2 Specific Commitments 4. Comparison of Specific Commitments 4.1 Mean Commitments of Original WTO Members and Acceded Members 4.2 Commitments by Income Status of Countries 4.3 Commitments, Per Capita Income and Acceding Countries 4.4 Commitments, Per Capita Income and Exports 4.5 Costs of Accession: Actual versus Predicted Commitments 5. Concluding Observations References AppendicesReviewsAuthor InformationRoman Grynberg is a Deputy Director of the Economics Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London Victor Ognivtsev is an Economics Affairs Officer at UNCTAD, Geneva Mohammad A Razzaque is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and a Research Fellow at the Economics Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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