Fair Trade for All How Trade Can Promote Development

Name: Fair Trade for All How Trade Can Promote Development
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ISBN: 9780199290901

ISBN-10: 0199290903

ISBN-13: 9780199290901

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Charlton

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How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They put forward a radical and realistic new model for managing trading relationships between the richest and the poorest countries. Their approach is designed to open up markets in the interests of all and not just the most powerful economies, to ensure that trade promotes development, and to minimise the costs of adjustments. Beginning with a brief history of the World Trade Organisation and its agreements,…

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List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/5/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.49" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

Joseph Stiglitz is professor of economics at Columbia University.

Andrew Charlton is an economist who has worked for the London School of Economics, the United Nations and the Boston Consulting Group. Between 2008 and 2010, he was senior economic adviser to the prime minister of Australia. He received his doctorate in economics from Oxford University.



Foreword


Acknowledgements



Introduction: The Story So Far



Trade Can Be Good for Development



The Need for a Development Round



What Has Doha Achieved?



Founding Principles: The Basis for a Fair Agreement



Special Treatment for Developing Countries



Priorities for a Development Round



How to Open Up Markets



Priorities Beyond The Border



What Should Not Be On the Agenda



Joining the Trading System



Institutional Reforms



Trade Liberalization and the Costs of Adjustment



Empirical Review of Market Access Issues



Empirical Review of the Singapore Issues