Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-cb9f654ff-hqlzj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-08-03T05:55:45.903Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

7 - LDC priorities for improved global trade governance

from Part II - Roles and responsibilities in global trade governance: diversity in developing country priorities and strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

By
Atul Kaushik  and
Julian Mukiibi
Edited by
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Global Economic Governance Programme
Get access

Summary

Least developed countries (LDCs) are faced with a suite of challenges to their effective participation in global trade governance. Global trade governance includes bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements, and intergovernmental institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This chapter focuses on the multilateral trading system and specifically the WTO. It explores the emerging role of LDCs in WTO decision-making processes for negotiating the rules of the multilateral trading system and makes concrete proposals for advancing their priorities.

After a brief background on LDCs in WTO decision-making processes, this chapter reviews the historical role of developing countries in decision-making related to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the emergence of developing country coalitions in multilateral trade negotiations and the development of the LDC coalition in the WTO. It then sets out LDC priorities for improved global trade governance, emphasizing the role of Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) and the need for LDCs to take greater ownership of efforts to integrate them into the trading system. It continues by making the case for the creation of an institution for LDC-specific needs in Geneva. The chapter concludes with a summary of recommendations.

Information

Type
Chapter
Information
Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development
Perspectives and Priorities from Developing Countries
 , pp. 181 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Book purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Collier, P. 2007 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItOxford University PressGoogle Scholar
Court, J. 2006 Governance, Development and Aid Effectiveness: A Quick Guide to Complex RelationshipsBriefing paperGoogle Scholar
Crawford, J. A.Fiorentino, R. V. 2005 The Changing Landscape of Regional Trade AgreementsGenevaWorld Trade OrganizationGoogle Scholar
Evans, P. 1998 On Institutional Prerequisites of East Asian Economic PoliciesJournal of Development Studies 34 66CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ismail, F. 2009 Reforming the World Trade Organization: Developing Countries in the Doha RoundGenevaCUTS International and Fredrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)Google Scholar
Laborde, D. 2008 On a Meaningful Duty Free Quota Free Market Access Initiative in the Doha Development AgendaGenevaInternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable DevelopmentCrossRefGoogle Scholar
McKinley, T. 2009 Meeting the Macroeconomic Challenges of LDCsNew York and GenevaUNCTADGoogle Scholar
Michalopoulos, C. 2000 Trade and Development in the GATT & WTO: The Role of S&DT for Developing CountriesWashington, DCWorld BankGoogle Scholar
Narlikar, A. 2004 International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT & WTOLondonRoutledgeGoogle Scholar
Narlikar, A.Odell, J. 2004 www.allacademic.com/meta/p73418
Odell, J. 2006 Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTACambridge University PressCrossRef
Patel, M. 2007
Prieur, J.Serrano, O. R. 2006 http://hei.unige.ch/sections/sp/agenda/wto/wto2006/Developing
Rolland, S. A. 2007 Developing Country Coalitions at the WTO: In Search of Legal SupportHarvard International Law Journal 48 483Google Scholar
Steger, D. P. 2009 The Future of the WTO: The Case for Institutional ReformsJournal of International Economic Law 12 803CrossRefGoogle Scholar
SUNS Online 1985 www.sunsonline.org/trade/process/during/8485/cparties/09280085.htm
UNCTAD 1999 Overview of the UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report 1999GenevaUNCTADGoogle Scholar
UNCTAD 2009 The Least Developing Countries ReportGenevaUNCTADGoogle Scholar
Van den Bossche, P. 2005 The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and MaterialsCambridge University PressCrossRefGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 1994 Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade OrganizationGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 1995 Accession of Ecuador. Decision of 16 August 1995GenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 1995 Article 27.2 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of DisputesGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2001 General Council. Minutes of MeetingGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2003 Dispute Settlement Body. Minutes of MeetingGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2003 Dispute Settlement Body. Minutes of MeetingGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2003 Dispute Settlement Body. Minutes of MeetingGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2003 Dispute Settlement Body. Minutes of MeetingGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2003 General Council. Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public HealthGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2004 Committee on Trade and Development. Special and Differential Treatment for Least-Developed Countries. Note by the SecretariatGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2005 General Council. Amendment of the TRIPS AgreementGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2008 Negotiating Group on Market Access. Fourth Revision of Draft Modalities for Non-Agricultural Market Access. RevisionGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar
World Trade Organization (WTO) 2009 Ministerial Conference. Sixth LDC Trade Ministers’ Meeting. Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaGenevaWTOGoogle Scholar

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×