The special safeguard mechanism both quantity and price based was key in the July 2008 failure to reach agreement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations under the doha development agenda. A...
This press release announces that the World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick issued the statement on the Doha WTO negotiation on August 18, 2008.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: world stocks closed higher...
The establishment of a mechanism to coordinate and monitor the progress of trade facilitation efforts complements the success of a new agreement on trade facilitation in the Doha Development Agenda. Better...
On Nov. 19, 2006, at a meeting of the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, officials voiced support for several initiatives important to the World Bank, including the Clean Energy Investment...
The study set out to respond to three questions or concerns: What is the gap between the measures under negotiation and the systems and procedures currently employed in Member countries? Assuming that...
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses that through the impressive work of agencies like the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
An important issue in multilateral trade negotiations is the approach taken to reduce tariffs. The authors believe that there are important advantages in formula approaches and survey a range of options...
During September 10-14, 2003, World Trade Organization members met in Cancun for a mid-term review of the Doha Round of trade negotiations. The November 2001 Doha Ministerial declaration that launched...
This report discusses the remarks delivered by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank. He discusses on drawing attention to the fact that for poverty alleviation to take place, for jobs to be...
This paper summarizes some of the results emerging from a collaborative research and capacity-building project involving scholars in developing countries, international experts and World Bank staff. The...
This paper summarizes some of the results emerging from a collaborative research and capacity-building project involving scholars in developing countries, international experts and World Bank staff. The...
A new round of World Trade Organization negotiations on agriculture, services, and perhaps other issues is expected in late 1999. To what extent should those negotiations include "new trade agenda" items...