Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade

Policy Papers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (53) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Cross Country

This paper summarizes recent developments in the Doha Round negotiations, and aid for trade. As requested by the Development Committee last September, it reviews existing mechanisms for cross-country and regional aid for trade needs. It proposes possible options to overcome the coordination and capacity problems affecting regional cooperation.

Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade -- Supplement

Policy Papers ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Main Paper ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Development Committee

At their 2005 Spring meetings, the Development Committee and IMFC called on the Bank and Fund to work with others to develop more detailed proposals, for consideration at the Annual Meetings, to help developing countries adjust to and take advantage of the Doha Round. In response, Bank and Fund staff prepared a paper on “The Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade” following a consultation process with donors and least developed countries (LDCs) during the summer. This is a Supplement to the main paper.

Trade Progress Report - Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade

Policy Papers ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (69) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Finance Committee ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Hong Kong Sar ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Run Up

Updates the Board on progress in the WTO negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda in the run-up to the Hong Kong SAR Ministerial in December, and presents proposals on aid for trade to be submitted to the Development Committee and International Monetary and Finance Committee in September as requested during the spring meetings.

The Long and Winding Road – Path Towards Facilitation of Development in the WTO: Reflections on the Doha Round and Beyond

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Shik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trading System ◽  
Institutional Frameworks ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Multilateral Trading System ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Gap

AbstractThe current multilateral trading system under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) displays a substantial development gap in the regulatory and institutional frameworks. The Doha Round negotiations, which was initiated to promote development interests under the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), have not been concluded for over 14 years, raising doubts about the ability of the WTO system to promote development interests effectively. While the Doha Round was sluggish for a number of years, regional trade agreements, which currently include every WTO Member, have been proliferated, creating significant implications for developing countries. This article examines the development of the Doha Round, analyzes the causes of its impasse, and explores its future prospects. The article also discusses the development gap in the current trading system and advances reform proposals to fill the gap in the system.

THE EMERGENT LEGAL REGIME FOR EXPLORATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN THE GULF OF GUINEA: IMPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR PARTICIPATING STATES AND MULTINATIONALS

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbenga Oduntan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Recent Establishment

AbstractThis paper outlines recent developments in regional cooperation within the Gulf of Guinea region leading to the recent establishment of the Gulf of Guinea Commission. The huge interest generated among the major oil-producing multinational corporations, the newer independent producers and the participating States in the Gulf of Guinea necessitates a critical assessment of the Treaty Establishing the Gulf of Guinea Commission. This paper adopts a comparative analysis with pre-existing regional and institutional bodies having similar aims and objectives. The aim is to ascertain whether and to what extent the emergent regime can facilitate a sustainable and responsive regime for the anticipated explosion of exploitative activities in this resource-rich and strategic littoral zone. This paper, thus, places the existing regime in the context of international best practices for multinationals and governments involved in oil and gas exploration and production. The author identifies certain imperatives for the consideration of both the corporate and sovereign interests in the world's newest resource Eldorado.

Whither Financial and Monetary Integration in East Asia?

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung Chul Park
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
Monetary Integration ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Foreign Exchange Reserves ◽  
Monetary Cooperation ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
Development Levels

The 1997 Asian financial crisis has helped to further regional financial and monetary cooperation. The purpose of this paper is to examine these efforts, their recent developments, and to predict the prospects of such cooperation. In order to deepen financial and monetary integration, the region must overcome several difficulties. The region's appetite for financial market liberalization has been dampened by the crisis and countries are building up foreign exchange reserves instead of reforming domestic financial markets. The diverse structures and development levels of the financial sector among the members is another obstacle. The fact that Japan does not have strong incentives for monetary integration and that the business cycle of member countries is not synchronized are obstacles to monetary integration. Also, the proliferation of FTAs has turned attention away from regional cooperation. Finally regional cooperation needs a leader that can bring impetus to institution building. As the two possible candidates, China and Japan, have been competitors rather than collaborators, the most realistic scenario for regional cooperation is that the ASEAN + 3 countries will muddle through and that the process will be painstakingly slow.

scholarly journals Assessing the potential cost of a failed Doha Round

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTOINE BOUET ◽  
David Laborde
Keyword(s):  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Tariff Rates ◽  
The Difference

AbstractThis study offers new conclusions on the economic cost of a failed Doha Development Agenda (DDA). We assess potential outcome of the Doha Round as well as four protectionist scenarios using the MIRAGE Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. In a scenario where applied tariffs of World Trade Organization (WTO) economies would go up to currently bound tariff rates, world trade would decrease by 9.9% and world welfare by US$353 billion. The economic cost of a failed DDA is here evaluated by the difference between a cooperative scenario (DDA) and a protectionist one (US$412 billion in terms of welfare). Another point of view is to compare a resort to protectionism when the DDA is implemented with a resort to protectionism when the DDA is not implemented. The findings show that this trade agreement could prevent the potential reduction of US$809 billion of trade and, therefore, acts as an efficient multilateral ‘preventive’ scheme against the adverse consequences of trade ‘beggar-thy-neighbor’ policies.

The Future Potential and Prospects of SAARC Regional Grouping: A Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 097492842110477
Author(s):  
Radha Raghurampatruni ◽  
M. Senthil ◽  
N. Gayathri
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
The South ◽  
Export Intensity ◽  
Intensity Index ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Trade Potential ◽  
Regional Organisation ◽  
Dependency Index ◽  
Import Intensity

The renewed and reinvigorated engagement of India with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) over the past few years has been one of the significant factors leading to the gradual and irreversible transition of the regional organisation from a declaratory phase to one of implementation (Bhagwati, 2008). The recent developments in the South Asian region, especially the new growth momentum that is observed and increasing openness that brings a fresh look at the economic integration of the region. In this context the study examines the opportunities and commodity potential of trade between India and the SAARC countries by adopting a variety of trade indices of export intensity index and import intensity index along with Gini coefficient. The authors further study the commodity trade potential between India and the SAARC countries by adopting the revealed comparative advantage index and revealed import dependency index. The study concludes an increasing export intensity and import intensity of trade between India and the other SAARC member countries. Finally, the values of Gravity coefficient and commodity analysis find a high trade potential between them and the untapped trade and investment scenario that could be tapped by strengthening the regional block of SAARC.

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