By Kimberly Ann Elliott, the Institute for International Economics, August 2006

"It should serve as an indispensable reference guide for both trade policy generalists and agricultural policy specialists."

Agricultural market liberalization is essential in achieving a successful Doha Round agreement because these are the most protected markets remaining in most rich countries. But the implications for developing countries, especially the poorest, are more complex than the current debate suggests.

This volume examines the structure of agricultural support in rich countries and explores the challenges as well as opportunities that developing countries might face if the Doha Round succeeds in reforming OECD agriculture policies.

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Book Contents (PDFs):

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Problem: Rich Countries Supporting Rich Farmers

3. Prospects for Reform: Lessons from US and European Experience

4. Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries

5. The Devil in the Doha Details

6. Delivering on Doha's Promise

Glossary

References

Index

Book Review:

"Kim Elliott has done us all a service with this sober analysis. Elliott strips away the hype and documents the uncertainties and complexities of the likely consequences for poor nations." —Dani Rodrik, professor of international political economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

". . . opens to a broad audience the policy choices of today that will determine the character of the agricultural trade regime for a generation to come." —David Orden, senior research fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, and professor, Virginia Tech

"It should serve as an indispensable reference guide for both trade policy generalists and agricultural policy specialists." —Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute

"Elliot’s timely and well-written book takes a refreshingly realistic and non-ideological look at what’s on the table in the agricultural trade talks, what should be on the table, and why it still matters for developing countries." —M. Ann Tutwiler, former president, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council

About the Author:

Kimberly Ann Elliott, senior fellow, has been associated with the Institute for International Economics since 1982.  She also holds a joint appointment with the Center for Global Development. She is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles on a variety of trade policy and globalization issues. Much of her work focuses on the uses of economic leverage in international negotiations, including both economic sanctions for foreign policy goals and trade threats and sanctions in commercial disputes.

She has coauthored two books on the costs of trade barriers in the United States and in recent years has turned to broader globalization issues, including the backlash against globalization, the role of developing countries in the trade system, international labor standards, and the causes and consequences of transnational corruption. Her IIE publications include Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor (2006), Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization? (2003), Corruption and the Global Economy (1997), Reciprocity and Retaliation in US Trade Policy (1994), Measuring the Costs of Protection in the United States (1994), Economic Sanctions Reconsidered (2nd. ed., 1990), and Auction Quotas and United States Trade Policy (1987). She has also published in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Current History, The Harvard International Review, and The World Economy, and has had opinion pieces in the Journal of Commerce, Washington Post, and New York Times, among others. She has testified before Congress on sanctions and corruption and, in 2002–03, served on the National Academies Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards.

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