Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries
This paper uses detailed data on bound and applied tariffs to assess the consequences of the World Trade Organization s December 2008 Modalities for tariffs levied and faced by developing countries, and the welfare implications of these reforms. Th...
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okr-10986-34402021-04-23T14:02:09Z Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries Laborde, David Martin, Will van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique AGRICULTURAL DOMESTIC SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TARIFF AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BANANAS BANK POLICY BENEFITS OF TRADE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COTTON CUTTING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EQUILIBRIUM EX ANTE ASSESSMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT COMPETITION EXPORTS FREE MARKET ACCESS FULL LIBERALIZATION GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT PREFERENCE GRACE PERIOD HIGH TARIFFS IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT PRICES IMPORT QUANTITIES IMPORT VOLUMES IMPORTS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL LAW MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES MERCHANDISE TRADE NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPEN TRADE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT PRICE OF IMPORTS PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS PROTECTION FOR SALE QUOTA RENTS RATE QUOTAS REAL INCOME REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTIONS IN TARIFFS SPECIAL PROVISIONS SPECIAL SAFEGUARD SUGAR TARIFF BARRIER TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF BINDINGS TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATE QUOTAS TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REVENUES TARIFF STRUCTURE TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADING TRADING PARTNERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRUST FUND UNIFORM TARIFFS VALUE OF TRADE VOLUME WELFARE GAINS WELFARE IMPACTS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFFS This paper uses detailed data on bound and applied tariffs to assess the consequences of the World Trade Organization s December 2008 Modalities for tariffs levied and faced by developing countries, and the welfare implications of these reforms. The authors find that the tiered formula for agriculture would halve tariffs in industrial countries and lower them more modestly in developing countries. In non-agriculture, the formulas would reduce the tariff peaks facing developing countries and cut average industrial country tariffs by more than a third. The authors use a political-economy framework to assess the implications of flexibilities for the size of the tariff cuts and find they are likely to substantially reduce the outcome. However, despite the flexibilities, there are likely to be worthwhile gains, with applied tariffs facing developing countries cut by about 20 percent in agriculture and 27 percent in non-agriculture, and sizeable cuts in tariffs facing industrial countries. The welfare impacts of reform are evaluated using a new approach to aggregation that improves on the traditional, flawed approach of weighted-average tariffs. This substantially increases the estimated benefits of an agreement along the lines of these modalities, with estimated global income gains of up to $160 billion per year from market access reform. 2012-03-19T18:02:30Z 2012-03-19T18:02:30Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110606144538 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3440 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5679 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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AGRICULTURAL DOMESTIC SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TARIFF AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BANANAS BANK POLICY BENEFITS OF TRADE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COTTON CUTTING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EQUILIBRIUM EX ANTE ASSESSMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT COMPETITION EXPORTS FREE MARKET ACCESS FULL LIBERALIZATION GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT PREFERENCE GRACE PERIOD HIGH TARIFFS IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT PRICES IMPORT QUANTITIES IMPORT VOLUMES IMPORTS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL LAW MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES MERCHANDISE TRADE NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPEN TRADE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT PRICE OF IMPORTS PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS PROTECTION FOR SALE QUOTA RENTS RATE QUOTAS REAL INCOME REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTIONS IN TARIFFS SPECIAL PROVISIONS SPECIAL SAFEGUARD SUGAR TARIFF BARRIER TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF BINDINGS TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATE QUOTAS TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REVENUES TARIFF STRUCTURE TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADING TRADING PARTNERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRUST FUND UNIFORM TARIFFS VALUE OF TRADE VOLUME WELFARE GAINS WELFARE IMPACTS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFFS |
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AGRICULTURAL DOMESTIC SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TARIFF AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BANANAS BANK POLICY BENEFITS OF TRADE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COTTON CUTTING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EQUILIBRIUM EX ANTE ASSESSMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT COMPETITION EXPORTS FREE MARKET ACCESS FULL LIBERALIZATION GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT PREFERENCE GRACE PERIOD HIGH TARIFFS IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT PRICES IMPORT QUANTITIES IMPORT VOLUMES IMPORTS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL LAW MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES MERCHANDISE TRADE NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPEN TRADE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT PRICE OF IMPORTS PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS PROTECTION FOR SALE QUOTA RENTS RATE QUOTAS REAL INCOME REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTIONS IN TARIFFS SPECIAL PROVISIONS SPECIAL SAFEGUARD SUGAR TARIFF BARRIER TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF BINDINGS TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATE QUOTAS TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REVENUES TARIFF STRUCTURE TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADING TRADING PARTNERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRUST FUND UNIFORM TARIFFS VALUE OF TRADE VOLUME WELFARE GAINS WELFARE IMPACTS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFFS Laborde, David Martin, Will van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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This paper uses detailed data on bound
and applied tariffs to assess the consequences of the World
Trade Organization s December 2008 Modalities for tariffs
levied and faced by developing countries, and the welfare
implications of these reforms. The authors find that the
tiered formula for agriculture would halve tariffs in
industrial countries and lower them more modestly in
developing countries. In non-agriculture, the formulas would
reduce the tariff peaks facing developing countries and cut
average industrial country tariffs by more than a third. The
authors use a political-economy framework to assess the
implications of flexibilities for the size of the tariff
cuts and find they are likely to substantially reduce the
outcome. However, despite the flexibilities, there are
likely to be worthwhile gains, with applied tariffs facing
developing countries cut by about 20 percent in agriculture
and 27 percent in non-agriculture, and sizeable cuts in
tariffs facing industrial countries. The welfare impacts of
reform are evaluated using a new approach to aggregation
that improves on the traditional, flawed approach of
weighted-average tariffs. This substantially increases the
estimated benefits of an agreement along the lines of these
modalities, with estimated global income gains of up to $160
billion per year from market access reform. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Laborde, David Martin, Will van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique |
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Laborde, David Martin, Will van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique |
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Laborde, David |
| title |
Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries |
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implications of the doha market access proposals for developing countries |
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2012 |
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