Coping with Trade Reforms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Overview

   1. Overview

      • Sam Laird, Santiago Fernández de Córdoba

      Pages 1-17

3. What to Expect from the WTO Negotiations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Now What? Searching for a Solution to the WTO Industrial Tariff Negotiations

      • Santiago Fernández de Córdoba, David Vanzetti

      Pages 21-58

   3. Comment: the Effects of Tariff Liberalizations and Preference Erosion

      • Joe Francois

      Pages 59-65

   4. Adjustment Costs and Trade Liberalization

      • Santiago Fernández de Córdoba, Sam Laird, Jean-Christophe Maur, José María Serena

      Pages 66-85

4. Adjusting to Trade Reforms: Country Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Bangladesh

      • Nurun N. Rahman

      Pages 89-100

   3. Brazil

      • Lia Valls Pereira

      Pages 101-111

   4. Bulgaria

      • Victor Ognivtsev

      Pages 112-123

   5. India

      • Veena Jha

      Pages 124-139

   6. Jamaica

      • Michael Witter

      Pages 140-157

   7. Malawi

      • Kennedy Mbekeani

      Pages 158-170

   8. The Philippines

      • Ramon Clarete

      Pages 171-187

   9. Zambia

      • Manenga Ndulo, Dale Mudenda

      Pages 188-202

   10. Comment: the Process of Trade Liberalization in the Eight Countries

       • Diana Tussie, Carlos E. Aggio

       Pages 203-217

   11. Comment: Reflections on the Trade Reforms and Policy Implications

       • Patrick A. Messerlin

       Pages 218-226

5. Back Matter

   Pages 227-236

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This book gauges possible development implications of current WTO trade negotiations by examining various proposals and assessing their likely economic impact. The experiences of a number of countries at different levels of development and across various regions are examined to ascertain the impact of their trade reforms.

• Brazil
• development
• liberalization
• reforms
• science and technology
• trade
• WTO

• UNCTAD, University of Nottingham, UK

  Sam Laird

• UNCTAD, Universidad de Navarra, Spain

  Santiago Fernández Córdoba

RAMON L. CLARETE Professor of Economics, University of the Philippines, Philippines JOE FRANCOIS Professor of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands VEENA JHA Project Co-ordinator and Representative to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCIAD), India JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAUR Economic Adviser, Trade Policy, DFID, UK, and Research Fellow, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences-Po (GEM), France KENNEDY MBKEANI Senior Research Fellow in International Economics, Botswana Institute for Development policy ANALYSIS, Botswana PATRICK A. MESSERLIN Professor of Economics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Director of the Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences-Po (GEM), France DALE MUDENDA lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Zambia, Zambia MANENGA NDULO lecturer, Department of Economics at the University of Zambia, Zambia VICTOR OGNIVTSEV Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, Switzerland LIA VALLS PEREIRA Senior Economist, Instituto Brasileiro de Economia and Professor in International Economics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil JOSE MARIA SERENA Economist, Bank of Spain, Spain NARUN RAHMAN Freelance Consultant DAVID VANZETTI Visiting Fellow, Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Australia MICHAEL WITTER Senior lecturer and Head, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

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