Development at the World Trade Organization - Sonia E. Rolland

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Résumé :
With the Doha Round on the rocks, the tension between the WTO's trade liberalization agenda and the development needs of many member states is more pronounced than ever. This book looks at the position of developing countries at the WTO from an institutionalist perspective and presents a range of proposals for change.

Biographie:
Sonia Rolland conducts research and teaches at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston. Her work focuses on public international law and trade law, and is informed by regular exchanges with delegates and members of the WTO community. She has practiced law in Washington DC and has clerked at the International Court of Justice. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from the Universit? Paris 10-Nanterre (France), and the Dipl?me of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Sommaire:
Introduction ; PART 1: DEVELOPMENT AND ITS INSTITUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: WHO DECIDES WHAT DEVELOPMENT MEANS? ; 1. The Multiple Meanings of Development ; 2. The Contribution of International Organizations to Development Policy-Making ; PART 2: FRAMING DEVELOPMENT AT THE GATT AND WTO ; 3. The Trade and Development Relationship during the GATT Years and the Genesis of the WTO ; 4. Developing Member and Least Developed Country Status at the GATT and WTO: Self-Designation versus the Politics of Accession ; 5. From the Uruguay Round to the Doha Round: Changing Dynamics in Developing Countries' Participation ; PART 3: UNDERSTANDING AND CONTEXTUALIZING WTO DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS ; 6. Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO Agreements: A Legal Analysis ; 7. Invoking Development in Dispute Settlement ; 8. Reconsidering Special and Differential Treatment in the Global Context ; 9. Institutional Processes: What Impact on Developing Members? ; PART 4: RETHINKING THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIP AT THE WTO ; 10. The Doha Round: Chronicle of a Death Foretold? ; 11. Strategic Challenges to Integrating Development at the WTO ; 12. Towards Development-Oriented Rules at the WTO: Some Proposals ; Conclusion