Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries (Critical Perspectives on the Global Trading System and the WTO series, 11) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843766353 ISBN 13: 9781843766353

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

In this collection of 31 articles printed here in their original form, experts debate whether giving special and differential treatment (SDT), while well-intentioned and justifiable according to the intentions of the mid-1960s when the idea first took hold, actually benefit the developing nations themselves. The articles range from early assessments from UNCTAD and independent economists to economic analyses dating from 1972 to the mid 1990s, evaluations of administrative costs from 1986 to 2004, and studies of the political economy of SDTs from the 1970s to the present. A particularly interesting set of articles examines the possibility and the reality of preference erosion and another describes efforts at international cooperation to make reforms. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author:

Edited by Bernard Hoekman, Research Manager, International Trade, The World Bank, US and Visiting Professor, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris, France and Ça lar Özden, The World Bank, US

Review:

`The 29 papers in this large book are well selected and annotated by two authors who know the literature intimately and have made their own distinguished contributions. . . this volume is an extremely valuable resource.' -- Briefing Notes in Economics `This book is well written and does a good job of summarising the debates surrounding the causes and sustainability of the US current account deficit.' -- SUERF Newsletter `It is always convenient to have collections of articles on a particular theme gathered together in one volume, and this book is no exception. Many of the papers are classics, ranging from the history of the global trading system, and institutional developments to help developing countries, to the pure theory of trade preferences. Hoekman and OEzden have done teachers and practitioners of trade and development theory and policy a great service.' -- Tony Thirlwall, Keynes College, University of Kent, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1843766353
• ISBN 13: 9781843766353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Hoekman Bernard, Özden Çağlar