ABSTRACT
This book provides fresh insights into the theory and policy of regional and multilateral trade from the perspective of developing countries. With the collapse of talks at the WTO Doha round, regionalism has proliferated in the form of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). This in turn has raised a number of critical issues in global trade policy debate. Given the implication of RTAs and WTO negotiations on economic development, the book emphasises that it is essential to examine the macro and micro effects of international trade flows on welfare, revenue, poverty and environment, particularly in the light of diversities, heterogeneities and limited financial capacity of developing countries. It discusses various issues of trade, investment, poverty, gender and legal dimensions in the regional and multilateral framework and is a useful guide to formulation of trade and economic policies for the benefit of developing countries.
The book will be of primary interest to those in economics, commerce and management, and will be a useful reference for alternative research in this area.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|78 pages
Macro and CGE Modelling of International Trade
part 2|59 pages
Regional Integration in South Asia
part 3|59 pages
Trade Integration in Africa and Arab States
part 4|111 pages
Sectoral Dimensions of International Trade
part 5|70 pages
Some Legal and Other Economic Issues of the WTO Process