文档介绍：September 15, 2000
Agricultural Trade Barriers, Trade Negotiations, and the
Interests of Developing Countries
Paper presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists Meeting
in Berlin, August 2000
Hans Binswanger and Ernst Lutz1
1 Hans Binswanger is Director of the Rural Development and Environment Department for Africa at the
World Bank. Ernst Lutz is a Senior Sector Economist in the same Department. The authors are grateful for
ments, suggestions, and other assistance by members of the Rural Sector Board, and by many
individuals including Kym Anderson, Malcolm Bale, David Cieslikovski, Gershon Feder, Bernard
Hoekman, Don Larson, Will Martin, Milla McLachlan, Constantine Michalopoulos, Don Mitchell, Frank
Plessmann, William Prince, Sudhir Shetty, Anna Strutt, Bob Thompson, Alberto Valdes, and Patrick
Verissimo. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the High-Level Round Table at UNCTAD X in
Bangkok in February 2000. The views expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the
World Bank.
Agricultural Trade Barriers, Trade Negotiations, and the Interests of
Developing Countries
Contents
Abstract...................................................................................................................................iii
1. Trade as the engine for growth and poverty reduction........................................................2
2. What are the losses from agricultural trade and policy—the corresponding gains from
liberalization? And who are the losers?...................................................................................5
3. What has the Uruguay Round achieved for agricultural trade?...........................................7
4. What should the agricultural agenda be for the ing WTO negotiations?............10
5. What is the unfinished agenda for agricultural re