WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization The Effect of Developed Countries' Policies on Developing Countries

About this book

Based on original research by the Food and Resource Economic Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, this book addresses the controversial issue of the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries.

Written from the perspective of developing countries, it addresses the main issues raised by developing countries' governments, politicians, farmers organizations, NGO's, trade specialists and development specialists. It focuses on the key issues of food security, poverty, regional agreements, multifunctionality in agriculture and the trade of genetically modified products, as an input to policy reform within the World Trade Organization trade negotiations.

Contents

*Overview, E Diaz-Bonilla, Inter-American Development Bank, USA, S E Frandsen, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark, and S Robinson, University of Sussex Falmer, UK
*Review of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, S E Frandsen and A Walter-Jorgensen, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark
*The Common Agricultural Policy in an Enlarged Europe: Bright or Bleak Prospects for Africa, B Gersfelt and H G Jensen, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark
*U.S. Agricultural Policy: The 2002 Farm Bill and WTO Doha Round Proposals, D Orden, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
*The Effects of Domestic Agricultural Reforms and Market Access on Trade and Production in Less Developed Countries, S Robinson and K Thierfelder, US Naval Academy, USA
*Potential Coalitions and Convergence in the Doha Round, K M Lind, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark, and C Bjornskov, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark
*Assessing the Harbinson Draft on Modalities in the WTO Agriculture Negotiations, S E Frandsen, H G Jensen, K M Lind, P P Melgaard, and W Yu, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark
*Food Security and the World Trade Organization: A Typology of Countries, E Diaz-Bonilla, M Thomas, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA, S Robinson and A Cattaneo, Economic Research Service, USDA, USA *A Proposal for Combating Acute Food Shortages Based on Sub-Saharan Africa Needs, K M Lind
*Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection in the Development and Food Security Boxes Versus Investments in the Green Box, E Diaz-Bonilla, Z Diao, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA and S Robinson *That was then but this is now: Multifunctionality in Industry and Agriculture, E Diaz-Bonilla and J Tin, Washington, USA
*Trade in Genetically Modified Food: Promises and Pitfalls for the Poor, C P Nielsen, Food and Resource Economic Institute, Denmark and K Theirfelder
*Is the Everything But Arms Initiative the way to go for Least Developed Countries in the WTO Negotiations, W Yu, and T V Jensen, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Denmark
*New Regionalism in the Aftermath of Cancun: To the Benefit or Detriment of Developing Countries, C P Nielsen

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