Poverty & the WTO : Impacts of the Doha development agenda

Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centrepiece of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) currently being negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Yet there is considerable debate about the poverty impacts of such an agreement. Some are convinced it will increase poverty, while others are equally convinced that it will lead to poverty reduction. This book brings together the best scientific methods to bear on this question, taking into account the specific characteristics embodied in the DDA. Since the trade/poverty field is relatively new, a variety of different methods are utilized to be most appropriate for the varied countries featured. It consistently considers a range of complementary policies that might enhance the poverty outcome of the DDA, permitting poor households to take better advantage of new opportunities that might arise from such multilateral trade reforms. In addition, a fifteen country study, coupled with the global analysis, allows the authors to draw more general conclusions about the poverty impacts of a prospective DDA.

EVALUATION OF THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGEND. Poverty Impacts of a WTO Agreement: Synthesis and Overview. Evaluation of the Doha Framework Agreement. World Market Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda. PRICE LINKAGES. Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Mexican Households: The Role of Incomplete Price Transmission. The Doha Trade Round and Mozambique. HOUSEHOLD IMPACTS OF PRICE CHANGES. The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia. The Doha Round, Poverty and Regional Inequality in Brazil. Growing Together or Growing Apart? A Village Level Study of the Impact of the Doha Round on Rural China. A FOCUS ON LABOUR MARKETS. Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Brazil: The Impact of the Doha Round. Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on China: The Role of Complementary Education Reforms . Social Impact of a WTO Agreement in Indonesia.FISCAL REPLACEMENT OF LOST TARIFF REVENUE. Poverty Impacts of the Doha Round in Cameroon: The Role of Tax Policy. Philippines: Doha Scenarios, Trade Reforms, and Poverty in the Philippines. CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS. The Effects of Prospective Multilateral Trade Reforms on Poverty in Fifteen Developing Countries. THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, GROWTH AND POVERTY. Implications of WTO Agreements and Domestic Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh: Short vs. Long Run ImpactsThe Impact on Russia of WTO Accession and The Doha Agenda: The Role of Liberalization of Barriers against FDI in Services for Growth and Poverty Reduction Long Run, Global Impacts of the Doha Scenario on Poverty.