Global Economic Prospects 2005: Trade, Regionalism, and Development

ISBN-13: 9780821357477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 182 str.

World Bank

Opis

While the multilateral WTO talks remain mired in contentious debate, new bilateral and regional preferential trading arrangements are mushrooming all over the globe. The surge in regional trading arrangements prompts many questions that the Global Economic Prospects 2005 takes up: what type of regional and bilateral arrangements are most beneficial--and which types stifle development? do these agreements inspire deeper integration that multilateral trade agreements cannot? do they contribute to--or detract from--incentives for countries to engage in the multilateral Doha trade talks?