Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda

Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centerpiece of the Doha Development Agenda currently being negotiated under the auspices of the 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 the best scientific methods to bear on this question, taking into account the specific characteristics embodied in the Doha Development Agenda.

KYM ANDERSON World Bank, USA NABIL ANNABI Université Laval, Québec, Canada CHANNING ARNDT Ministry of Planning and Development, Mozambique, and Purdue University, USA JORGE BALAT World Bank, USA MAURIZIO BUSSOLO World Bank, USA JOHN COCKBURN Université Laval, Québec, Canada ERWIN CORONG De La Salle University, Philippines CAESAR B. CORORATON International Food Policy Research Institute, USA JOAQUIM BENTO DE SOUZA FERREIRA FILHO Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Economia, Sociologia e Administração, Brazil BERNARD DECALUWÉ Université Laval, Québec, Canada CHRISTIAN ARNAULT EMINI CEREG (University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon) and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada J. MARK HORRIDGE Monash University, Centre of Policy Studies, Australia MAROS IVANIC World Bank, USA BAZLUL KHONDKER University of Dhaka, Bangladesh MARIJKE KUIPER Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) - Wageningen UR, UK JANN LAY Kiel Institute for World Economics, Germany WILL MARTIN World Bank, USA ALESSANDRO NICITA World Bank, USA GUIDO PORTO World Bank, USA SELIM RAIHAN University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and University of Manchester, UK ANNE-SOPHIE ROBILLIARD Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and DIAL, France SHERMAN ROBINSON University of Sussex, UK THOMAS RUTHERFORD University of Colorado, USA OLEKSANDR SHEPOTYLO University of Maryland, USA DAVID TARR World Bank, USA DOMINIQUE VAN DER MENSBRUGGHE World Bank, USA FRANK VAN TONGEREN Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) - Wageningen UR, UK FAN ZHAI Asian Development Bank, Philippines