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This book shows how large an impact the WTO has on developing countries. It assesses the subsidies given and shows how they will be affected by trade liberalization. It looks in particular at the TRIPS agreement and assesses the costs and benefits that it will have for developing countries. Many of the chapters are versions of papers presented at The WTO and Developing Countries conference, held at King's College London in September 2002. It combines contributions non-governmental organizations such as Save the Children, Oxfam and Action Aid, as well as those from academics in the field.
List of contents
Introduction PART I: TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The GATT, The Doha Round and Developing Countries; N.Grimwade Trade Liberalization, Poverty and the WTO: Assessing the Realities; J.Hilary Trade Liberalization and Poverty: Two Partial Empirical Studies; L.A.Winters PART II: TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Implementing the Sui Generis Option in the TRIPs Agreement; a Framework for Analysis; D.Rangnekar An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Plant Variety Protection on Innovation and Transferability; C.S.Srinivasan, B.Shankar & C.Thirtle The TRIPs Agreement and Access to Medicines: an NGO Perspective; R.Mayne The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry and Consumer Welfare: Prospects Under the TRIPs Regime; H.Katrak TRIPs Compliance in Developing Countries: the Impact on China's Trademark System; D.Yang & M.Sonmez PART III: THE WTO AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' TRADE Constraints to Export Development in the Developing Countries; C.Milner From Rags to Riches? China, the WTO and World Trade in Textiles and Clothing; R.Strange & J.Newton FARMGATE: The Developmental Impact of Agricultural Subsidies; T.Rice PART IV: WTO, COMPETITION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT Competition Policy and the WTO; V.Balasubramanyam & C.Elliott Putting the Doha Principles into Practice: The Role of Sustainability Impact Assessment; C.George & C.Kirkpatrick Index
About the author
V.N. BALASUBRAMANYAM University of Lancaster
CAROLINE ELLIOTT
CLIVE GEORGE
NIGEL GRIMWADE
JOHN HILARY Save the Children Fund
COLIN KIRKPATRICK University of Manchester
RUTH MAYNE Oxfam
CHRIS MILNER
JIM NEWTON
DWIJEN RANGNEKAR University College London
TIM RICE
MAHMUT SONMEZ
BHAVANI SHANKAR Imperial College London and University of Reading
C.S. SRINIVASAN Imperial College London and University of Reading
COLIN THIRTLE Imperial College London and University of Reading
ALAN WINTERS
DELI YANG
Summary
This book shows how large an impact the WTO has on developing countries. It assesses the subsidies given and shows how they will be affected by trade liberalization. It looks in particular at the TRIPS agreement and assesses the costs and benefits that it will have for developing countries. Many of the chapters are versions of papers presented at The WTO and Developing Countries conference, held at King's College London in September 2002. It combines contributions non-governmental organizations such as Save the Children, Oxfam and Action Aid, as well as those from academics in the field.
