International development : ideas, experience and prospects; chapter 48

Pre-print versionSome reflections are offered on current governance challenges of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The chapter discusses the most significant ways in which the trade regime has acted and reacted to the evolution of ideas on development. Chapter sections address how the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) evolved in its treatment of developing countries; the use of special and differential treatment (S&D); how the imbalance in rule making became evident with the results of the Uruguay Round; how debate has moved from the concept of S&D to the discussion of policy space