The WTO and Developing Countries

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.

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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

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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