Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey
Nonreciprocal trade preferences and provisions in the GATT/WTO that allow developing countries greater leeway to retain or use protectionist policies are two of the central planks of so-called special and differential treatment (SDT) for developing countries in the multilateral trading system. The a...
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ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS ATTENUATED INCENTIVES BILATERAL TRADE CARTEL CENTRAL AMERICA COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONDITIONALITY CONSUMERS COUNTRY EXPORTERS COUNTRY MARKETS CUSTOMS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DUTY-FREE ACCESS DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUILIBRIUM EXISTING SCHEMES EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR MARKETS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN GOODS FOREIGN PRODUCTS FREE ACCESS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GATT/WTO GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GNP GNP PER CAPITA GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE HIGH TRADE BARRIERS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT-COMPETING SECTORS IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INCOME INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INVESTMENT POLICIES LDCS LEGISLATION LOCAL INPUTS LOCAL MARKET MARGINAL TRADE MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE MEMBER STATES MFN TARIFFS MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATING MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS NONTARIFF BARRIERS PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENCE EROSION PREFERENCE SCHEMES PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCT LEVEL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST POLICIES PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES QUOTAS RECIPROCAL BASIS RECIPROCAL TRADE PREFERENCES RECIPROCITY REGIONAL PROGRAM RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN RULES OF ORIGIN SAFEGUARD CLAUSE SPECIALIZATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF PREFERENCES TARIFF RATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE EFFECTS TIME SERIES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE CREATION/DIVERSION--WHICH TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION EFFORTS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE PROMOTION TRADE REGIME TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADING SYSTEM UNILATERAL PREFERENCE PROGRAMS UNILATERAL PREFERENCES UNILATERAL TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF IMPORTS WELFARE LOSS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFF ZERO TARIFFS |
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ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS ATTENUATED INCENTIVES BILATERAL TRADE CARTEL CENTRAL AMERICA COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONDITIONALITY CONSUMERS COUNTRY EXPORTERS COUNTRY MARKETS CUSTOMS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DUTY-FREE ACCESS DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUILIBRIUM EXISTING SCHEMES EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR MARKETS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN GOODS FOREIGN PRODUCTS FREE ACCESS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GATT/WTO GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GNP GNP PER CAPITA GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE HIGH TRADE BARRIERS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT-COMPETING SECTORS IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INCOME INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INVESTMENT POLICIES LDCS LEGISLATION LOCAL INPUTS LOCAL MARKET MARGINAL TRADE MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE MEMBER STATES MFN TARIFFS MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATING MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS NONTARIFF BARRIERS PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENCE EROSION PREFERENCE SCHEMES PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCT LEVEL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST POLICIES PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES QUOTAS RECIPROCAL BASIS RECIPROCAL TRADE PREFERENCES RECIPROCITY REGIONAL PROGRAM RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN RULES OF ORIGIN SAFEGUARD CLAUSE SPECIALIZATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF PREFERENCES TARIFF RATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE EFFECTS TIME SERIES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE CREATION/DIVERSION--WHICH TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION EFFORTS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE PROMOTION TRADE REGIME TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADING SYSTEM UNILATERAL PREFERENCE PROGRAMS UNILATERAL PREFERENCES UNILATERAL TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF IMPORTS WELFARE LOSS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFF ZERO TARIFFS Hoekman, Bernard Özden, Çaglar Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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Nonreciprocal trade preferences and provisions in the GATT/WTO that allow developing countries greater leeway to retain or use protectionist policies are two of the central planks of so-called special and differential treatment (SDT) for developing countries in the multilateral trading system. The authors survey the literature on the rationales, institutional features, and economic effectiveness of SDT. A large literature has emerged on SDT in the past 50 years, by both proponents and opponents. They summarize a number of key contributions on the subject, with a special emphasis on the evaluation of the impact of SDT, especially preferential market access. The issue of SDT has become very topical again, following a period during which it was viewed as an outdated concept for the multilateral trading system. The authors therefore devote attention as well to a number of recent contributions that discuss (1) whether there is a continued need for SDT, and (2) how this might be designed from both a development (recipient) objective and from the perspective of the trading system more generally. A major theme of the survey is that most of the issues that are debated today were already being discussed in the 1960s. The authors conclude that those who questioned the value of unilateral preferences have proven to be prescient. |
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Hoekman, Bernard Özden, Çaglar |
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Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey |
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trade preferences and differential treatment of developing countries: a selective survey |
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okr-10986-92642021-04-23T14:02:42Z Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: A Selective Survey Hoekman, Bernard Özden, Çaglar ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS ATTENUATED INCENTIVES BILATERAL TRADE CARTEL CENTRAL AMERICA COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONDITIONALITY CONSUMERS COUNTRY EXPORTERS COUNTRY MARKETS CUSTOMS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DUTY-FREE ACCESS DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUILIBRIUM EXISTING SCHEMES EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR MARKETS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN GOODS FOREIGN PRODUCTS FREE ACCESS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GATT/WTO GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GNP GNP PER CAPITA GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE HIGH TRADE BARRIERS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT-COMPETING SECTORS IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INCOME INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INVESTMENT POLICIES LDCS LEGISLATION LOCAL INPUTS LOCAL MARKET MARGINAL TRADE MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE MEMBER STATES MFN TARIFFS MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATING MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS NONTARIFF BARRIERS PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENCE EROSION PREFERENCE SCHEMES PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCT LEVEL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST POLICIES PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES QUOTAS RECIPROCAL BASIS RECIPROCAL TRADE PREFERENCES RECIPROCITY REGIONAL PROGRAM RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN RULES OF ORIGIN SAFEGUARD CLAUSE SPECIALIZATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF PREFERENCES TARIFF RATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE EFFECTS TIME SERIES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE CREATION/DIVERSION--WHICH TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION EFFORTS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE PROMOTION TRADE REGIME TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADING SYSTEM UNILATERAL PREFERENCE PROGRAMS UNILATERAL PREFERENCES UNILATERAL TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF IMPORTS WELFARE LOSS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFF ZERO TARIFFS Nonreciprocal trade preferences and provisions in the GATT/WTO that allow developing countries greater leeway to retain or use protectionist policies are two of the central planks of so-called special and differential treatment (SDT) for developing countries in the multilateral trading system. The authors survey the literature on the rationales, institutional features, and economic effectiveness of SDT. A large literature has emerged on SDT in the past 50 years, by both proponents and opponents. They summarize a number of key contributions on the subject, with a special emphasis on the evaluation of the impact of SDT, especially preferential market access. The issue of SDT has become very topical again, following a period during which it was viewed as an outdated concept for the multilateral trading system. The authors therefore devote attention as well to a number of recent contributions that discuss (1) whether there is a continued need for SDT, and (2) how this might be designed from both a development (recipient) objective and from the perspective of the trading system more generally. A major theme of the survey is that most of the issues that are debated today were already being discussed in the 1960s. The authors conclude that those who questioned the value of unilateral preferences have proven to be prescient. 2012-06-26T17:47:56Z 2012-06-26T17:47:56Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5752864/trade-preferences-differential-treatment-developing-countries-selective-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9264 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3566 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |