Preferential trade agreement policies for development [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook / / Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Jean-Christophe Maur, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (536 p.)
• Disciplina: 382/.9091724
• Soggetto topico: Tariff preferences - Developing countries; Free trade - Developing countries; Economic development - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Commercial policy; Developing countries Foreign economic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ChauffourJean-Pierre MaurJean-Christophe
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; 1 Beyond Market Access; 2 Landscape; 3 Economics; 4 North-South Preferential Trade Agreements; 5 Customs Unions; 6 Preferential Trade Agreements and Multilateral Liberalization; 7 Agriculture; 8 Preferential Rules of Origin; 9 Trade Remedy Provisions; 10 Product Standards; 11 TBT and SPS Measures, in Practice; 12 Services; 13 Labor Mobility; 14 Investment; 15 Trade Facilitation; 16 Competition Policy; 17 Government Procurement; 18 Intellectual Property Rights; 19 Environment; 20 Labor Rights ; 21 Human Rights22 Dispute Settlement; Index; Boxes; Figures; Tables
• Sommario/riassunto: Economists have repeatedly warned against them, NGOs have fought them, and somegovernments have begrudgingly (at least in appearance) signed them. Yet, in the last twentyyears the growth in number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been unabated. Evenmore strikingly, their scope has broadened while their number was increasing. Deep integrationprovisions in PTAs have now become ubiquitous.Gaining market access or preserving existing preferences has remained an important motivationfor acceding to PTAs. But with the liberalization of trade around the world and the relateddiminishing size
• Titolo autorizzato: Preferential trade agreement policies for development
• ISBN: 0-8213-8644-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461388103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II