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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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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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WTO Agreements — A Development-friendly Policy Instrument?
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WTO Membership and Economic Cooperation (Accession and Impact on Policies)
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Impact of the WTO on Trade Flows of Goods
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Broader Costs and Benefits of WTO Membership
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
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?
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies?
Book Subtitle: Critical Essays on the Multilateral Trading System
Editors: Zdenek Drabek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250826
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-58184-5Published: 18 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36905-8Published: 18 December 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25082-6Published: 18 December 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 359
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, International Economics, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics