Developing Countries in the WTO

CONSTANTINE MICHALOPOULOS, for many years a senior official of the World Bank, has worked on operations and research of trade policies of developing countries and economies in transition. In 1997-99 he was Special Economic Advisor at the WTO where he developed materials for this book as well as a better appreciation of the challenges faced by developing countries in the world trading system. He is author of Financing Needs of Developing Countries: Proposals for International Action, and co-editor of Trade in the New Independent State with D.Tarr, and Aid and Development with A.O.Krueger and V.Ruttain.

• List of Tables Preface Abbreviations Introduction: Developing Countries in World Trade Trends in Developing Country Trade, 1980-1999 Trade and Development in the GATT and WTO Developing Country Policies Developing Country Trade Related Institutions Developed Country Policies: The International Environment The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries Developing Country Participation in the WTO WTO Accession Issues Towards a Development Round Policy Coherence Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix A: Country Groupings Appendix B: Methodology in Estimating Frequency Ratios References Index

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