WTO and Developing Countries

HOMI KATRAK is Visiting Professor in Economics at the University of Surrey. He has also acted as a consultant to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London. His research areas are Development Economics and Industrial Economics, and his studies on Indian industries have been published in leading international academic journals. - ROGER STRANGE is Senior Lecturer in Economics and formerly Head of the Management Centre, at King's College London. He has published widely on Europe-Asia economic relations.

• Introduction PART I: TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The GATT, The Doha Round and Developing Countries; N.Grimwade Trade Liberalization, Poverty and the WTO: Assessing the Realities; J.Hilary Trade Liberalization and Poverty: Two Partial Empirical Studies; L.A.Winters PART II: TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Implementing the Sui Generis Option in the TRIPs Agreement; a Framework for Analysis; D.Rangnekar An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Plant Variety Protection on Innovation and Transferability; C.S.Srinivasan, B.Shankar & C.Thirtle The TRIPs Agreement and Access to Medicines: an NGO Perspective; R.Mayne The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry and Consumer Welfare: Prospects Under the TRIPs Regime; H.Katrak TRIPs Compliance in Developing Countries: the Impact on China's Trademark System; D.Yang & M.Sonmez PART III: THE WTO AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' TRADE Constraints to Export Development in the Developing Countries; C.Milner From Rags to Riches? China, the WTO and World Trade in Textiles and Clothing; R.Strange & J.Newton FARMGATE: The Developmental Impact of Agricultural Subsidies; T.Rice PART IV: WTO, COMPETITION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT Competition Policy and the WTO; V.Balasubramanyam & C.Elliott Putting the Doha Principles into Practice: The Role of Sustainability Impact Assessment; C.George & C.Kirkpatrick Index