The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy was founded in 1986. IATP’s mission is to promote resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy. It works to democratize the multilateral system of policy-making. It strengthens civil society by linking social movements working on trade, development, peace, human rights, labor, gender, the environment and corporate responsibility. IATP is based in the U.S., and has an office in Geneva, where the Trade Information Project is run.
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Doha and the WTO after the July collapse
Author : Supachai Panitchpakdi, 2008/09/23Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi makes a number of important points in his 3 September posting on the Doha Agenda. He acknowledges important flaws in the system, including the decision-making process and the insistence on single undertakings (all deals together or no deal at all); he rightly emphasizes development (though good luck to him in persuading the actual negotiators from the dominant WTO members of this); and, he suggests some important issues that could move forward without a bigger deal bein ...
Author : Pascal Lamy, 2007/12/07
Two years have gone by since Aid for Trade was launched at the WTO. Pascal Lamy has just completed the first Global Aid for Trade Review. The picture does not look good. There is still no clearly accepted definition of what counts as an Aid for Trade initiative, no guidelines for accessing funds, and no effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. But the big question on everyone’s lips is what about the money? When Aid for Trade was launched, WTO members asked Pascal Lamy to find approp ...
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