Multilateral Tariff Liberalisation and the Developing Countries
• Tariffs still matter. • Full tariff liberalisation to 2010 would generate dynamic welfare gains of $1 200 billion (at 1995 prices), equivalent to 3 per cent of World GDP in 2010, from greater efficiency and higher productivity. • Developing countries stand to gain relatively more from multilateral...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2001
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Series: | OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs
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Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | • Tariffs still matter. • Full tariff liberalisation to 2010 would generate dynamic welfare gains of $1 200 billion (at 1995 prices), equivalent to 3 per cent of World GDP in 2010, from greater efficiency and higher productivity. • Developing countries stand to gain relatively more from multilateral tariff liberalisation, with aggregate gains amounting to nearly 5 per cent of their GDP in 2010. • The next WTO round will provide an opportunity for members to improve their living standards. Realising this potential, however, poses a major policy challenge to developing countries |
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Physical Description: | 35 p. 21 x 29.7cm |