Is the World Trade Organization attractive enough for emerging economies? : critical essays on the multilateral trading system/ edited by Zdenek Drabek.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: WTO agreements -a development-friendly policy instrument? Development implications of WTO accession procedures / Will Martin -- Toward a development-friendly international regulatory framework for foreign direct investment / Theodore H. Moran -- The WTO: A sweet or sour Chinese banquet? / Alice H. Amsden -- PART II: WTO membership and economic cooperation (accession and impact on policies) Effects of WTO accession on policymaking in sovereign states: lessons from transition countries / Zdenek Drabek and Marc Bacchetta -- Policy anchors: do free trade agreements and WTO accessions serve as vehicles for developing-country policy reform? / Michael J. Ferrantino -- Regional trading arrangements and WTO membership: substitutes or complements? / Richard Pomfret -- PART III: Impact of the WTO on trade flows of goods: The effect of membership in the GATT/WTO on trade: where do we stand? / Andrew K. Rose -- Does WTO membership make a difference at the extensive margin of world trade? / Gabriel Felbermayr and Wilhelm Kohler -- PART IV: Broader costs and benefits of WTO membership Who should join the WTO and why?: a cost-benefit analysis of WTO membership / Zdenek Drabek and Wing Thye Woo -- The WTO dispute settlement system: how have developing countries fared? / William J. Davey -- Costs of implementation of WTO agreements / Sam Laird.