Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development

Developing countries have a major stake in the outcome of trade negotiations conducted under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). 'Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development' explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from the perspective of these developing countries. Leading experts in trade and agriculture from both developed and developing countries provide key research findings and policy analyses on a range of issues that includes market access, domestic support, export competition, quota administration methods, food security, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and agricultural trade under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.

Material is covered in summary and in comprehensive detail with supporting data, a substantial bibliography, and listings of online resources. This book will be of interest to policymakers and analysts in the fields of development economics and commodities pricing and trade.

World Bank economists Ingco and Nash present 15 papers discuss issues of agricultural trade liberalization important to the "Doha Development Round" of the World Trade Organization. The focus is on issues of sustainable development, according to the editors. Topics include the distributional effects of reform, quota administration methods, export competition policies, biotechnology policy, food safety policies, and global intellectual property rights. The papers are largely committed to the promotion of greater trade liberalization. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR