The World Bank and CEPR (2007)
Bernard Hoekman, Ataman Aksoy, Jagdish Bhagwati, Richard Blackhurst, John Cuddy, Uri Dadush, ...
Despite recurring rounds of trade liberalization under GATT/WTO auspices, complemented by unilateral reforms, many developing countries have not been able to integrate into the world economy. This...
Bernard Hoekman, Constantine Michalopoulos, Maurice Schiff, David Tarr, Brad Mcdonald, Richard Newfarmer, ...
Poverty Reduction Strategy sourcebook as a guide to help the least developed countries employ trade
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Payments and finance problems in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Payments problems constrained interstate trade among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries in 1992-95, especially during the prolonged demise of the ruble zone. Two kinds of...
The economics of customs unions in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Michalopoulos, Constantine, Tarr, David
In the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union, trade among the new independent states collapsed. To help reestablish interstate trade, the 12 members of the Commonwealth of independent States...
The author analyzes how changes in thinking about the role trade plays in economic development have been reflected in provisions affecting developing countries in the GATT and the WTO. He focuses on...
Trade policy reform and poverty alleviation
Hoekman, Bernard, Michalopoulos, Constantine, Schiff, Maurice, Tarr, David
In this paper, developed as part of the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook, the authors examine how to implement trade liberalization as part of a strategy for alleviating poverty in...
Developing countries'participation in the World Trade Organization
In the 1960s and 1970s developing countries viewed UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade&Development) rather than the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs&Trade) as the main institution through...
WTO accession for countries in transition
Countries in transition have considered membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) an important step toward integration in the international economic system. After several years of...
Developing country goals and strategies for the Millennium Round
Many developing countries have been reluctant to participate in multilateral trade negotiations except for those on agriculture and services, topics mandated under previous World Trade Organization...
The integration of transition economies into the world trading system
The author analyzes current trade policies and challenges faced by the transition economies - especially countries in the former soviet Union - as they are integrated into the world trading system....
The author analyzes 61 trade policy reviews prepared for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, GATT - reviews that document the progress developing countries have made in...
Hoekman, Bernard, Michalopoulos, Constantine, Winters, L. Alan
The authors discuss options that could be considered in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to provide more favorable treatment-so-called special and differential treatment (SDT)-to small and...
Trade and payments arrangements in post-CMEA Eastern and Central Europe
Michalopoulos, Constantine, Tarr, David
A web of trade and payments arrangements binds countries of Eastern and Central Europe under the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) agreements. However, it is incompatible with these...
Central America at a crossroads
Saborio, Sylvia, Michalopoulos, Constantine
This paper considers the challenges and opportunities facing the Central American countries and explores the choices open to them for fuller integration into the world economy. The paper presents a...
Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in the WTO: Moving Forward After Cancún
Bernard Hoekman, Constantine Michalopoulos, L. Alan Winter
The issue of special and differential treatment (SDT) for developing countries in the WTO has become a source of tension in North-South trade relations. The absence of an effective SDT regime clearly...