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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries: Does It Help Those Who Help Themselves?

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  • Kiichiro Fukasaku

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This paper reviews main S&D provisions for developing countries under the GATT-WTO trading system and discusses issues relating to the future of S&D treatment from the perspective of the least-developed countries (LDCs). It argues that negotiations on S&D provisions in the next trade round must take the question of trade capacity building seriously. This would require WTO Members to make binding commitments to meeting the special need of LDCs in terms of market access and technical assistance.

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  • Kiichiro Fukasaku, 2000. "Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries: Does It Help Those Who Help Themselves?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2000-197, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2000-197
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    1. Keck, Alexander & Low, Patrick, 2004. "Special and differential treatment in the WTO: Why, when and how?," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2004-03, World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.
    2. Langhammer, Rolf J. & Lücke, Matthias, 2000. "WTO negotiations and accession issues for vulnerable economies," Kiel Working Papers 990, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    3. Prabhu Pingali & Randy Stringer, 2003. "Food Security and Agriculture in the Low Income, Food- Deficit countries: 10 years after the Uruguay Round," Working Papers 03-18, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA).
    4. Hoekman, Bernard & Ozden, Caglar, 2005. "Trade preferences and differential treatment of developing countries : a selective survey," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3566, The World Bank.
    5. Samuel K. Gayi, 2006. "Does the WTO Agreement on Agriculture Endanger Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa?," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-60, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    6. Luis Abugattas Majluf, 2004. "Swimming In The Spaghetti Bowl: Challenges For Developing Countries Under The "New Regionalism"," UNCTAD Blue Series Papers 27, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
    7. Francisco M. Veloso, 2006. "Understanding Local Content Decisions: Economic Analysis And An Application To The Automotive Industry," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 747-772, October.

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