Proposals for WTO Reform : A Synthesis and Assessment

Hoekman, Bernard

dc.creator	Hoekman, Bernard
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:59:47Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:59:47Z
dc.date	2011-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:53:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:53:55Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110110095113
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3298
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244160
dc.description	This paper summarizes the major arguments and proposals to reform the modus operandi of the World Trade Organization --including decision-making procedures, negotiating modalities, and dispute settlement. Much has already been done to improve the internal and external transparency of World Trade Organization processes. Some proposals for structural reform ignore incentive constraints and the fact that the World Trade Organization is an incomplete contract that must be self-enforcing. Others -- such as calls for a "critical mass" approach to negotiations --can already be pursued (and have been). The agenda for international cooperation increasingly revolves around "behind-the-border" regulatory externalities that do not necessarily lend themselves to binding commitments in a trade agreement. This suggests a focus on strengthening notification/surveillance and developing more effective mechanisms for dialogue on regulatory policies that may create negative spillovers.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5525
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESSION
dc.subject	ACCESSION PROCESS
dc.subject	ADJUDICATING BODIES
dc.subject	ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	APPELLATE BODY
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subject	BALANCE OF CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	BALANCE OF RIGHTS
dc.subject	BENCHMARK
dc.subject	BILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	COMMITTEE ON TRADE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CONSUMER PROTECTION
dc.subject	CONSUMERS
dc.subject	CONTRACTING PARTIES
dc.subject	COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
dc.subject	COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	DIRECT COMPENSATION
dc.subject	DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject	DOMESTIC REGULATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC LAW
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ORDER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC THEORIES
dc.subject	ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
dc.subject	ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXPORT RESTRAINTS
dc.subject	EXPORTERS
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FREE TRADE
dc.subject	FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	FREER TRADE
dc.subject	FULL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GLOBAL TRADE
dc.subject	GLOBAL TRADING
dc.subject	GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	GLOBAL WELFARE
dc.subject	IMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subject	IMPORT PROTECTION
dc.subject	INCENTIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
dc.subject	INEFFICIENCY
dc.subject	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subject	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	ITC
dc.subject	JOINT VENTURE
dc.subject	LDCS
dc.subject	LEGAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	LIABILITY
dc.subject	LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MARKET SEGMENTATION
dc.subject	MEMBER COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MFN
dc.subject	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
dc.subject	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES
dc.subject	MINISTERIAL DECISION
dc.subject	MINISTERIAL MEETING
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	NATIONAL TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL WELFARE
dc.subject	NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE SPILLOVERS
dc.subject	NONTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject	OPENNESS
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	PANEL STAGE
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subject	PERMANENT PANEL BODY
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGES
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY REFORM
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RULES
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL TRADE
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRODUCT STANDARDS
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST POLICIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	RADICAL REFORM
dc.subject	REGIONALISM
dc.subject	REGULATORY BARRIERS
dc.subject	REGULATORY POLICIES
dc.subject	REGULATORY POLICY
dc.subject	REGULATORY REFORM
dc.subject	REGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subject	REMEDIES
dc.subject	ROUND AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	SERVICES TRADE
dc.subject	SUPRANATIONAL ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	SURVEILLANCE FUNCTION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TARIFF CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	TARIFF EQUIVALENT
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject	TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject	TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	TRADE AREA
dc.subject	TRADE COSTS
dc.subject	TRADE DISPUTES
dc.subject	TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subject	TRADE ISSUES
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
dc.subject	TRADE REGIME
dc.subject	TRADE REGIMES
dc.subject	TRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	TRADE THEORIES
dc.subject	TRADE THEORY
dc.subject	TRADING NATIONS
dc.subject	TRADING PARTNERS
dc.subject	TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	TREATIES
dc.subject	UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject	VALUE JUDGMENTS
dc.subject	VALUE OF TRADE
dc.subject	VOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINTS
dc.subject	WEAK ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	WORLD ECONOMY
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	WTO
dc.subject	WTO ACCESSION
dc.subject	WTO AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	WTO MEMBERS
dc.subject	WTO MEMBERSHIP
dc.subject	WTO RULES
dc.subject	WTO SECRETARIAT
dc.title	Proposals for WTO Reform : A Synthesis and Assessment
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region