Fair Trade For All

• Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz puts forward a radical new solution to the problems of world trade
• Addresses one of the most important issues that faces world leaders today: how can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade?
• Promotes the idea that trade can be fair and beneficial for all
• Sets the issues in the context of the history of recent world trade negotiations

Readership: Policymakers, academics, students and anyone interested in world trade and development

Joseph E. Stiglitz, President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), Columbia University, and Andrew Charlton, London School of Economics

"A challenging and interesting book...This is an excellent contribution to the debate on trade policy. It is knowledgeable and authoritative, as one would expect from Stiglitz, who is a Nobel prize-winner and who was top economist at the World Bank. It is very practical in outlining general principles and giving detailed examples. The beauty of this book is that it adopts the sensible approach to markets to which most economists subscribe...a timely and valuable contribution." - Huw Dixon, Higher Education Supplement

"The book offers a sharp challenge to the 'market fundamentalist' view that the best way poor countries can improve their lot is to eliminate all their trade barriers ss rapidly as possible." - Washington Post

"We are stuck with a global economic system that doesn't work for half the world. Stiglitz and Charlton propose a plan to embrace the other half, to move to a future of shared benefits and shared responsibilities." - President Bill Clinton

"The authors have provided valuable analysis and proposals which deserve to be debated further" - Political Studies Review

"Stiglitz brings considerable practical experience to bear on this analysis." - Jawade Liaqat, Tribune

Foreword
Acknowledgements
1: Introduction: The Story So Far
2: Trade Can Be Good for Development
3: The Need for a Development Round
4: What Has Doha Achieved?
5: Founding Principles: The Basis for a Fair Agreement
6: Special Treatment for Developing Countries
7: Priorities for a Development Round
8: How to Open Up Markets
9: Priorities Beyond The Border
10: What Should Not Be On the Agenda?
11: Joining the Trading System
12: Institutional Reforms
13: Trade Liberalization and the Costs of Adjustment
Appendix 1: Empirical Review of Market Access Issues
Appendix 2: Empirical Review of the Singapore Issues