Small States in the Multilateral Trading System

Small States in the Multilateral Trading System
Author: Laura Gosset
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2015-11-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 184929139X

Developing countries, including as small states and least developed countries (LDCs), continue to face significant challenges within the global trading system. Action is required to allow them to overcome disadvantages and achieve sustainable levels of income from trade. This study provides a fresh perspective on how measures can be taken to enhance the participation of small states, many of which are Commonwealth countries, in the multilateral trading system. It contributes to the ongoing general debate about reforming the World Trade Organization and global trade governance.

Globalization and Development

Globalization and Development
Author: José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780804749565

Globalization and Development draws upon the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region to provide a multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspective of developing countries. Based on a study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this book gives a historical overview of economic development in the region and presents both an economic and noneconomic agenda that addresses disparity, respects diversity, and fosters complementarity among regional, national, and international institutions. For orders originating outside of North America, please visit the World Bank website for a list of distributors and geographic discounts at http://publications.worldbank.org/howtoorder or e-mail [email protected].

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean
Author: Deep Ford
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251057476

Agricultural trade is a major factor determining food security in Caribbean countries. In these small open economies, exports are essential, whilst imports provide a large part of the food supply. This book examines various dimensions of trade policy and related issues and suggests policies to address trade and food security and rural development linkages. It is as a guide and reference documents for agricultural trade policy analysts, trade negotiators, policy-makers and planners in both the public and private sectors.

Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation
Author: Bernard M. Hoekman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821360647

How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.

Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries

Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries
Author: Teddy Y. Soobramanien
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1849291721

Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries seeks to help Commonwealth developing countries adapt to emerging trade issues such as climate change, e-commerce, implementation of the SDGs, and the role of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises and GVCs . It addresses systemic issues that impact on the participation in the multilateral trading system and WTO negotiations.

Small States in International Relations

Small States in International Relations
Author: Christine Ingebritsen
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0295802103

Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of classic essays highlights the ability of small states to counter power with superior commitment, to rely on tightly knit domestic institutions with a shared "ideology of social partnership," and to set agendas as "norm entrepreneurs." The volume is organized around themes such as how and why small states defy expectations of realist approaches to the study of power; the agenda-setting capacity of smaller powers in international society and in regional governance structures such as the European Union; and how small states and representatives from these societies play the role of norm entrepreneurs in world politics -- from the promotion of sustainable solutions to innovative humanitarian programs and policies..

Global Environmental Governance and Small States

Global Environmental Governance and Small States
Author: Michelle Scobie
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2019
Genre: Environmental economics
ISBN: 1786437279

Global Environmental Governance gives the perspectives of small states on some of the most important issues of the anthropocene, from trade, climate change and energy security to tourism, marine governance, and heritage. Providing an in depth analysis of global environmental governance and its impact on Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) Michelle Scobie explores which dynamics and contexts influence current policy and future environmental outcomes for one of the most biodiverse regions of the planet.

Regional Intergration and Development in Small States

Regional Intergration and Development in Small States
Author: Maurice W. Schiff
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2002
Genre: Acuerdos comerciales
ISBN:

Small states should pursue unilateral and multilateral trade liberalization, and members of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group should expand reciprocal agreements with the European Union (Cotonou Agreement) to the entire OECD. They should also intensify South-South regional cooperation in the area of regional public goods.

Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development

Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development
Author: Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139499416

Discussion of the governance of global trade and the multilateral trading system is too often dominated by developed-country scholars and opinion-makers, with inadequate attention given to developing country perspectives. Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development gathers a diversity of developing country views on how to improve the governance of global trade and the WTO to better advance sustainable development and respond to the needs of developing countries. With contributions by senior scholars, commentators and practitioners, the essays combine new, empirically-grounded research with practical insights about the trade policy-making process. They consider the specific governance issues of interest to developing countries and acknowledge the changing dynamics in the global economy and in trade decision-making.