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China and the WTO : accession, policy reform, and poverty reduction strategies

Li, Shantong, Bhattasali, Deepak, Martin, Will

2004

Overview

China's accession to the WTO requires a great many specific policy reforms. However, if the best results are to be obtained, it is important that these reforms be implemented as part of a consistent development program, rather than simply by treating them as a recipe. To do this, policy makers must understand the range and nature of the policy changes required by accession, their implications for the economy, and the availability and effects of supporting policies. China and the WTO analyzes the nature of the reforms involved in China's accession to the WTO, assesses their implications for the world economy, and examines the implications for individual households, particularly the poor. Its key objective is to provide the information that will allow policy makers to implement WTO commitments and formulate supporting policies to contribute strongly to economic development and poverty reduction. Individual chapters by leading scholars analyze the nature of the reforms in key areas, such as agriculture, services, intellectual property and safeguards and anti-dumping. These chapters form the building blocks for later chapters which analyze the implications of reform for the economy. The book also includes a series of studies that assess the implications for households, taking into account the social safety net policies applying in China, and the impacts of complementary policies in areas such as labor market reform and investments in human capital. Of interest to policymakers, academe and students studying international trade issues and to practitioners in the area of trade and development, China and the WTO is a valuable addition to the wealth of information provided by the World Bank Trade and Development Series.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press,World Bank [u.a.]
• Subject: 2000 / AD VALOREM / ADVERSE IMPACTS / Agrarpolitik / AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURAL GOODS / AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION / AGRICULTURAL TRADE / Agriculture and state / Agriculture and state -- China / ANTIDUMPING DUTIES / Armut / AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR / Außenwirtschaftspolitik / BENCHMARK / Branche / China / China -- Commercial policy / China -- Economic policy -- 2000 / CLOSED ECONOMY / COMMERCIAL POLICY / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE / COMPETITION POLICY / CONSUMER PRICE / CONSUMER PRICE INDEX / CONSUMER PRICES / COUNTERVAILING MEASURES / CPI / DEBT / DECENTRALIZATION / DEMAND CURVE / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / DISPUTE SETTLEMENT / DOMESTIC PRODUCTS / DUMPING / ECONOMIC COOPERATION / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC IMPACTS / ECONOMIC POLICY / ECONOMIC RESEARCH / ECONOMIC REVIEW / ECONOMIC STRUCTURE / ECONOMIC WELFARE / ECONOMIC ZONE / ECONOMICS / ELASTICITY / ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION / EMPLOYMENT / EQUILIBRIUM / EXPERIMENTS / EXPORT SUBSIDIES / EXPORTS / FOREIGN PRODUCERS / Foreign trade regulation / Foreign trade regulation -- China / FRUITS / GDP / GLOBAL TRADE / GNP / Government policy / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / HOUSEHOLDS / IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD / IMPORT DEMAND / IMPORTED GOODS / Poverty / Poverty -- Government policy -- China / Wirkungsanalyse / Wirtschaftspolitik / WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION / World Trade Organization -- China / WTO-Mitgliedschaft
• ISBN: 0821356674, 9780821356678