Trade, globalization and sustainability impact assessment : a critical look at methods and outcomes / / edited by Paul Ekins and Tancrede Voituriez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822681303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sterling, VA ; ; London, : Earthscan, c2009
• ISBN: 1-136-55111-5; 1-136-55112-3; 1-282-17080-5; 1-4416-1734-5; 9786612170805; 600-00-1571-2; 1-84977-342-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Classificazione: 83.42
• Altri autori (Persone): EkinsPaul; VoituriezTancrede <1968->
• Disciplina: 382
• Soggetti: Commerce; Globalization; Sustainable development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Trade, Globalization and Sustainability Impact Assessment: A Critical Look at Methods and Outcomes; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview and General Introduction; Part 1The Context: Trade, SIAs and Development; 1 Trade-induced Changes in Economic Inequality: Assessment Issues and Policy Implications for Developing Countries; 2 Why Did 'Development' Entrap the Doha Round?; 3 Have Sustainability Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements Delivered on Development Issues: A Reflexive Analysis of the Emergence and Main Contributions of Trade SIAsPart 2The New Challenges of Trade Liberalization: Beyond SIA; 4 Trade SIAs and the New Challenges of Trade Liberalization; 5 Investment: The Context ; Matters; 6 Sustainability Impacts of Liberalizing Trade in Services: Assessment Methodologies and Policy Responses; 7 The Impacts of Liberalizing Trade in Commodities; 8 The Potential Role for Collective Preferences in Determining the Rules of the International Trading System; Part 3Breaking the Impasse: The National Policy Framework9 Improving Public Participation in Sustainability Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements; 10 Identifying Trade Victims; 11 Trade-induced Changes in Labour Market Inequalities: Current Findings and Policy Implications; 12 The Value of Value Chains: Spreading the Gains from Liberalization; Part 4International Cooperation; 13 Collective Preferences and International Compensation; 14 Reducing the Impacts of the Production and Trade of Commodities; 15 The Trade and Environment Relationships Reconsidered: The Case of Regional Trade and Climate ChangeConclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Trade liberalization, as promoted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), has become one of the dominant drivers and most controversial aspects of globalization. Trade sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) were introduced as a means of generating better understanding especially of the social and environmental impacts of trade liberalisation, and of making those impacts more consistent with sustainable development. This book takes a hard look at the experience of Trade SIAs to date, and the extent to which they have achieved their objectives and improved the outcomes of trade negotiations. It