Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development: Perspectives and Priorities from Developing Countries

Abstract

Introduction Carolyn Deere Birkbeck Part I. Enduring Development Challenges and New Agendas for Global Trade Governance: 1. Globalization, development, and democracy Jose Antonio Ocampo 2. The United Nations and the Millennium development goals: what roles in and beyond the governance of global trade? Laskhmi Puri 3. The interactions of trade, macroeconomic policies and sustainability: implications for global trade governance Alejandro Nadal 4. A sustainable development perspective on global trade governance Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz and Trineesh Biswas Part II. Roles and Responsibilities in Global Trade Governance: Diversity in Developing Country Priorities and Strategies: 5. New powers in the club: the challenges of global trade governance Amrita Narlikar 6. China's ascent in global trade governance: from rule taker to rule shaker and, maybe rule maker? Henry Gao 7. LDC priorities for improved global trade governance Atul Kaushik and Julian Mukiibi 8. Priorities for small states in global trade governance Edwin Laurent 9. Improving the participation of small developing countries in the governance of the multilateral trading system Richard Bernal Part III. Strengthening Multilateralism: Priorities for WTO Reform: 10. The WTO, democracy, and development: a view from the South Bhupinder Chimni 11. Reclaiming development in the world trading system revisited Yong-Shik Lee 12. Fostering developing country engagement in the dispute settlement system: outstanding challenges and governance implications Niall Meagher 13. Rethinking the governance of aid for trade David Luke and Luisa Bernal 14. Strengthening WTO surveillance: making transparency work for developing countries Arunabha Ghosh 15. Why not an Ombudsman at the WTO? A proposal for debate Felix Pena Part IV. WTO Decision-Making Processes: 16. Towards fair and inclusive decision-making in WTO negotiations Brendan Vickers and Faizel Ismail 17. Revisiting the single undertaking: towards a more balanced approach to WTO negotiations Miguel Rodriguez and Marie Wilke 18. Enhancing developing country participation in global trade governance through South-South coalitions in the World Trade Organization Vicente Yu 19. Inclusive trade governance: participation of stakeholders from the national to the multilateral levels Rashid Kaukab 20. Global trade governance and development: the WTO accession conundrum Carlos Primo Braga and Olivier Cattaneo Part V. Conclusion: 21. Development-oriented agendas for global trade governance: a summary of proposals Carolyn Deere Birkbeck.