Reflections from the
Frontline: Developing Country Negotiators in the WTO Co-authored with Atul Kaushik and Rashid S Kaukab, this book
gives a substantive account of the evolution of the WTO Doha
Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations and the role of developing
country coalitions and alliances. The reflections are those of
former and current developing country negotiators on their
first-hand experience of WTO negotiations. The sixteen chapters
included in the publication provide a rich resume of increasing and
more effective developing country participation in the WTO. Authors
have brought to fore the twists and turns of the decade long Doha
Round, often based on their own experience and perspectives. Such
intimate insights are rarely found in the existing literature on the
WTO negotiations. Authors have also offered suggestions to unlock
the stalemate in the DDA and reach a balanced and
development-friendly conclusion
This book can be purchased at:
books@academicfoundation.com
Hard Back Book: Pp 400, Rs 1195/US$79, ISBN: 978-81-7188-926-6, 2012
Edition
Growth and Poverty: The Great Debate This volume is a collection of views on the debate on
relationship between growth and poverty which happened over an
Internet-based platform hosted by CUTS International. Many renowned
experts from across the world participated with a diverse set of
methodically reasoned opinions. This discussion has helped to bring
to the fore certain striking aspects of the growth-poverty
relationship in India but some of the issues discussed are equally
relevant for the developing world as a whole.
Pp 263, #1106, Rs 500/US$25, ISBN: 978-81-8257-149-5
Why was
India’s Ecomark Unsuccessful? Ecolabels are believed to be an important market-based instrument
to influence the behaviour of consumers and industries in favour of
environmentally friendly products and thus contribute to environment
conservation. The objective of this Research Report is to highlight
the reasons why the Indian Ecomark Scheme has not succeeded as
desired. Taking the various reasons into consideration, the report
makes some vital recommendations as to how the Scheme could be
revived, reinvigorated and implemented to benefit consumers,
producers and the society at large. Pp 66, #0703, Rs 100/US$25, ISBN: 978-81-8257-084-9
Essays on the
International Trading System - An Unfinished Journey, 2004 This collection of essays presents a passionate analysis of the
effectiveness of the international economic system and of how
economics affects the everyday lives of people in developing
countries. The book offers practical suggestions on how to benefit
from globalisation, without undermining it. Advocates and opponents,
negotiators and students, people from the North and the South alike
will benefit from this reading. Published by Cameron May Ltd. and can be purchased at:
http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/cm.books/1874698694
ISBN: 1-87498-69-4
Bridging the Differences:
Analyses of Five issues of the WTO Agenda, 2003 This book of CUTS, co-edited with L Alan Winters, is a product of
the project, EU-India Network on Trade and Development (EINTAD),
launched about a year back at Brussels. CUTS and the University of
Sussex are the lead partners in this project. The five issues
discussed in the book are Investment, Competition Policy,
Anti-dumping, Textiles & Clothing and Movement of Natural Persons.
This book focuses on the pros and cons of a multilateral investment
for cross-border investment activity.
Pp 245, #0317, Rs 350/US$50, ISBN: 81-87222-92-1
WTO and India: An Agenda
for Action in the Post Doha Scenario, 2002 This book carries an interesting foreword by Jagdish Bhagwati. It
is a compilation of articles covering the pre and post Doha analysis
and the international as well as the domestic agenda for India on
most important WTO issues. It will help many to understand the
scenario and how we can turn the Doha Development Agenda into a
truly development agenda. A useful and handy reference for readers
providing them with a set of practical recommendations. More
particularly for the civil servants, who are new to the Trade Policy
Division in the Commerce Ministry.
Pp 198, #0214, Rs 200/US$20, ISBN: 81-87222-60-3
ABC of the WTO This monograph is an attempt to inform the layperson about the
WTO in a simple question-answer format. It is the second in our
series covering WTO related issues and their implications for India.
Its aim is to create an informed society through better public
knowledge, and thus enhance transparency and accountability in the
system of economic governance.
Pp 25, #0213, Rs 50/US$10, ISBN: 81-87222-59-X
Globalisation and India:
Myths and Realities This monograph, first in a series, co-authored with Purnima
Purohit, is an attempt to examine the myths and realities so as to
address some common fallacies about globalisation and raise peoples’
awareness on the potential benefits globalisation has to offer.
English: Pp 32, #0105, Rs 30/US$5, ISBN: 81-87222-44-1
Hindi: Pp 32, #0201, Rs 50, ISBN: 81-87222-53-0
Trade and ……..” Where Do
We Go? This paper outlines the work which CUTS is engaged in the context
of Linkages between trade and labour standards, and trade and
environment. It speaks about the inequities of pushing for non-trade
concerns into the trade regime and also about the myths and
realities on the ground. Pp 15, March 2001
Environmental Conditions
in International Trade This is a study on the impact on India’s exports in the area of
Textiles and Garments, including Carpets, Leather and Leather Goods,
and also in the area of Agricultural and Food Products, including
Tea and Packaging, for the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry
of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
Pp 39, #9508, Rs 200/US$50, ISBN: 81–87222-04 –2
All About GATT – a
consumers’ perspective This publication of CUTS helps in bringing out a primer on GATT
hopes to fill a particular void. The GATT deliberations,
undemocratic and unrepresentative of Third World interests as they
are, merit little attention on the part of Indian intellectuals,
more so since the plethora of media coverage has all the more
confused the issue. Therefore, the ignorance pervading among the
educated public can well be imagined. This paper is an attempt in
the overall direction of creating a questioning society.
Pp 56, #9301, Rs 30/US$10, ISBN: 81-8257-068-9
