The WTO and India: issues and negotiating strategies/ edited by Alokesh Barua and Robert M. Stern

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-395) and index.

section 1. A developing countries perspective. The WTO and trade negotiations : a developing country viewpoint / Manoj Pant -- The WTO and our role in the world economy of the future / Ashok Guha -- section 2. Negotiating options and strategies. India and coalitions in multilateral trade negotiations / Manmohan Agarwal -- Searching for the missing link : India's negotiation strategy at WTO? / Debashis Chakraborty -- Designing a proactive stance for India in the Doha development agenda negotiations / Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern -- India at Doha : retrospect and prospect / Arving Panagariya -- section 3. Market access : agriculture, manufactures and textiles. WTO agricultural negotiations and India / Ramesh Chand -- Trade and industrial performance sing the WTO reforms : what Indian evidence suggests? / Alokesh Barua, Debashis Chakraborty, and Pavel Chakraborty -- How big is the bang for India? : market access in textiles / Samar Verma -- section 4. Trade facilitation and government procurement : Singapore issues of future concern. Regional integration through trade facilitation : integrating East India with Bangladesh and North India with Central Asia / Pritam Banerjee, Dipankar Sengupta, and Phunchok Stobdan -- Transparency in government procurement : a case study in India / Sandwip Kumar Das -- section 5. TRIPS and GATS. The TRIPS agreement : public health concerns for India / Amit Shovon Ray -- GATS and India : negotiations in mode 3 / Rashmi Banga -- GATS negotiations in environmental services : a developing countries perspective with special reference to India / Aparna Sawhney -- section 6. Growth, poverty and inequality. Trade and poverty in the poor countries / Jagdish Bhagwati and T.N. Srinivasan -- Globalisation, growth, and the poor / T.N. Srinivasan and Jessica Seddon Wallack -- Income distribution, structural change, and international trade : a developing countries perspective with special reference to India / Ananya Ghosh Dastidar -- Trade liberalisation and income inequality : an analysis of inter-regional income inequality in India / Alokesh Barua and Pavel Chakraborty.