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Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies?

Critical Essays on the Multilateral Trading System

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  • © 2010

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  1. Zdenek Drabek

    1. World Trade Organization, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Zdenek Drabek
      Pages 1-10

  3. WTO Agreements — A Development-friendly Policy Instrument?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Development Implications of WTO Accession Procedures

      • Will Martin
      Pages 13-36

    3. Toward A Development-friendly International Regulatory Framework for Foreign Direct Investment

      • Theodore H. Moran
      Pages 37-71

    4. The WTO: A Sweet or Sour Chinese Banquet?

      • Alice H. Amsden
      Pages 72-88

  4. WTO Membership and Economic Cooperation (Accession and Impact on Policies)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Effects of WTO Accession on Policymaking in Sovereign States: Lessons from Transition Countries

      • Zdenek Drabek, Marc Bacchetta
      Pages 91-138

    3. Policy Anchors: Do Free Trade Agreements and WTO Accessions Serve as Vehicles for Developing-country Policy Reform?

      • Michael J. Ferrantino
      Pages 139-175

    4. Regional Trading Arrangements and WTO Membership: Substitutes or Complements?

      • Richard Pomfret
      Pages 176-191

  5. Impact of the WTO on Trade Flows of Goods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. The Effect of Membership in the GATT/WTO on Trade: Where Do We Stand?

      • Andrew K. Rose
      Pages 195-216

    3. Does WTO Membership Make a Difference at the Extensive Margin of World Trade?

      • Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler
      Pages 217-246

  6. Broader Costs and Benefits of WTO Membership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Who Should Join the WTO and Why?: A Cost-benefit Analysis of WTO Membership

      • Zdenek Drabek, Wing Thye Woo
      Pages 249-294

    3. The WTO Dispute Settlement System: How Have Developing Countries Fared?

      • William J. Davey
      Pages 295-332

    4. Costs of Implementation of WTO Agreements

      • Sam Laird
      Pages 333-347

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 349-359
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Do countries benefit from their Membership in the WTO. This book addresses this question and examines the role of the WTO in the process of economic development of emerging markets and other developing countries.

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  • World Trade Organization, USA

    Zdenek Drabek

About the editor

ZDENEK DRABEK was a Senior Adviser at the World Trade Organization. Previously, he was a founder and chairman of Department of Economics at the University of Buckingham and co-founder of Joint Vienna Institute, a training institute of the World Bank, IMF, BIS, OECD, WTO and EBRD. He taught at other academic institutions including the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia and is presently a member of the Academic Advisory Board in the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. He served as Chief International Trade and Finance Negotiator for the Czechoslovak Government (the Europe Agreements with the EU and in the Uruguay Round of GATT). Prior to his government appointment, he worked as a senior economist in the World Bank. He has been published widely in major professional economics journals and authored or co-authored 11 books. His latest books are Globalization under Threat and Can Regional Trade Agreements Enforce Trade Discipline?

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