Putting Development First: The Importance of Policy Space in the WTO and International Financial InstitutionsKevin Gallagher Some of the world's most prominent development thinkers address the following question in this volume: to what extent are the rules and economic forces that govern the global economy shrinking the 'policy space' that developing countries can draw from in order to construct policies to raise the standards of living of their people? They then analyse the possibly considerable room for manoeuvre that developing countries still have at their disposal despite global macro-economic realities, IMF/World Bank policies, and the trade rules regime of the World Trade Organization. Finally, the authors suggest actual policies that could be put in place in order to preserve existing spaces for development and to expand the tools developing countries can deploy. |
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... commitments encroach upon domestic policy autonomy ; hence arguments that multilateral investment rules may infringe upon " policy space . " In one revealing exchange in the Working Group on Trade and Invest- ment ( WGTI ) , India noted ...
... commitments encroach upon domestic policy autonomy ; hence arguments that multilateral investment rules may infringe upon " policy space . " In one revealing exchange in the Working Group on Trade and Invest- ment ( WGTI ) , India noted ...
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... commitments on its electricity transmission or its water delivery sectors without scheduling exemptions , it could have been subject to onerous , time - consuming , and potentially costly arbitration procedures that might have ...
... commitments on its electricity transmission or its water delivery sectors without scheduling exemptions , it could have been subject to onerous , time - consuming , and potentially costly arbitration procedures that might have ...
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... commitments Many disciplines under the GATS , and potentially under an investment agreement organized on a positive list basis , apply only to sectors that have been bound during negotiations . Only eight countries made specific commitments ...
... commitments Many disciplines under the GATS , and potentially under an investment agreement organized on a positive list basis , apply only to sectors that have been bound during negotiations . Only eight countries made specific commitments ...
Contents
Development Policies in a World of Globalization | 15 |
The Role of the State in | 33 |
Toward the Optimum Degree of Openness | 69 |
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