Library acquisitions — January 2019

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from January 2019. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

 

 

 

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Evolving properties of intellectual capitalism : patents and innovations for growth and welfare / Ove Granstrand. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1924458 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2DqOrM4
	GATT disputes : 1948-1995 : volume 1 : overview and one-page case summaries / World Trade Organization. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927458 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: http://bit.ly/2WVUgKg
	GATT disputes : 1948-1995 : volume 2 : dispute settlement procedures / World Trade Organization. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927460 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: http://bit.ly/2BvL7iF
	Industrial policy and the World Trade Organization : between legal constraint and flexibilities / Sherzod Shadikhodjaev. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927415 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2DqMdMG
	Intellectual property and the judiciary / edited by Christophe Geiger, Craig Allen Nard, Xavier Seuba. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927411 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2BwRcv1
	Research handbook on the law of artificial intelligence / edited by Woodrow Barfield, Ugo Pagallo. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927299 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2Soy2lE
	South Asian cooperation : issues old and new / edited by Paras Kharel. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927427 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2Du535H
	Strategic survey 2018 : the annual assessment of geopolitics / International Institute for Strategic Studies. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927423 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2BubnKj
	Understanding the policymaking process in developing countries / William Ascher. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927435 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2SryVtP

 

Library acquisitions — November 2018

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from November 2018. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Can blockchain revolutionize international trade? / Emmanuelle Ganne. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927425 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2UkRqNN
	The evolution of the non-market economy treatment in the multilateral trading system / Bin Zhang. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927271 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2SuCcE4
	Les incitations fiscales en faveur de l’économie : analyse de conformité de mesures sectorielles à la Constitution fédérale, aux règles de l’Union européenne en matière d’aides d’État et aux règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce / Jérôme Marcel Bürgisser. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927328 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Informe sobre el comercio mundial 2018 : El futuro del comercio mundial : cómo las tecnologías digitales están transformando el comercio mundial / Organización Mundial del Comercio. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|12689689 Audio of launch during WTO Public Forum 2018 available: https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum18_e/pf18_session_e.htm?session=41 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2AWMQfO
	Invertir en competencias para el comercio inclusivo : estudio conjunto de la Oficina Internacional del Trabajo y la Organización Mundial del Comercio / Marc Bacchetta … [et al]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927409 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Investir dans les compétences pour un commerce inclusif: étude conjointe du Bureau international du travail et de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce / Marc Bacchetta … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927407 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Making trade work for the environment, prosperity and resilience / World Trade Organization, UN Environment. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927405 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2Uiy0ZO
	The Pacific Alliance in a world of preferential trade agreements : lessons in comparative regionalism / [edited by] Pierre Sauvé, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, José Manuel Álvarez Zárate. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927310 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2Urwjtg
	Rapport sur le commerce mondial 2018: L’avenir du commerce mondial: comment les technologies numériques transforment le commerce mondial / Organisation mondiale du commerce. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|12689598 Audio of launch during WTO Public Forum 2018 available: https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum18_e/pf18_session_e.htm?session=41 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2UrwKUq
	Regulatory autonomy in international economic law : the evolution of Australian policy on trade and investment / Andrew D. Mitchell, Elizabeth Sheargold, Tania Voon. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927289 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2QdwlWY
	The right to food and the World Trade Organization’s rules on agriculture : conflicting, compatible, or complementary? / by Rhonda Ferguson. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927301 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2ronO4Y
	Trabalho, comércio e dignidade : no direito internacional contemporâneo : desafios e perspectivas para a atuação da OIT e da OMC / Gustavo Fernandes Meireles. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927396 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2QfUXyA
	The WTO and food security : implications for developing countries / Sachin Kumar Sharma. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927346 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2EgtpCD

 

Using Trade Facilitation to Assist MSMEs in E-Commerce in Developing Countries by Rutendo Tavengerwei.

In anticipation of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), several developing country Members submitted proposals reflecting concerns related with e-commerce and the continued involvement of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in cross-border e-commerce. Some developing countries perceive the booming significance of MSMEs as an opportunity to further enhance their economic relevance by incorporating them into e-commerce. The increase of MSMEs in e-commerce has also been reflected by the International Trade Centre (ITC). In one of the ITC’s most recent surveys conducted on 2262 firms, the statistics indicated that of the firms that engage solely in cross-border e-commerce, 82% are MSMEs. Notwithstanding these significant changes on the ground, Members have differed significantly in their views since 1998 concerning the e-commerce agenda. This has created considerable inroads in defining what e-commerce is as well as the rules that should regulate e-commerce. More recently, the e-commerce dialogue has reflected concerns on how the WTO could potentially deal with the rapid inclusion of MSMEs in the market through e-commerce. Although all companies face red tape in cross-border trade, due to size and financial constraints, MSMEs in developing countries face the most challenges in cross-border e-commerce. Many of these problems are related to the cross-border delivery of goods, the after-sales services as well as limited cross-border de minimis exemptions that discourages MSMEs from e-trading. Therefore, several Members consider that it is vital to continue to work on trade facilitation matters, especially those that are forward looking and can better assist MSMEs to better integrate into the e-commerce world. This article adopts two specific discussion points based on the proposals submitted by different Members for the WTO MC11 suggesting ways to move forward. First, using case studies from different countries, the article will focus on some of the challenges faced by MSMEs in developing countries, such as inefficient customs administration which is a result of issues related to cross-border trade. Part of this discussion will also assess how developing countries can use the recently agreed TFA to address these issues. The second part of the article will focus on how current provisions in the TFA as well as other forward looking trade facilitation efforts that are not reflected in the agreement, can help MSMEs to benefit from cross-border e-commerce. In relation to this part of the discussion, an exploration of the possibilities of technical assistance and capacity building that is e-commerce relevant would thus be necessary. Finally the article will conclude, highlighting limitations associated with the recommendations given.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgy022

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New publications from OECD, late June 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• How Immigrants Contribute to the Dominican Republic’s Economy
• How Immigrants Contribute to Ghana’s Economy
• Benchmarking Civil Service Reform in Kazakhstan (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Future of Rural Youth in Developing Countries: Tapping the Potential of Local Value Chains
• Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Sweden (OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series)
• Maintaining the Momentum of Decentralisation in Ukraine (OECD Multi-level Governance Studies series)
• Inventory of Energy Subsidies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries (Green Finance and Investment series)
• Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities
• OECD Economic Surveys: Chile 2018

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New Platform for Analyzing Global Trade in the Last Two Centuries

The Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database has launched, collecting information about imports and exports from 140 countries between 1800 and 1938.  This database adds something unique to the wealth of resources on global trade, as it includes systematically and methodically collected statistics from developing countries and examines globalization from a historical perspective.

For more information on this new resource, check out the press release at EurekAlert: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/ucid-npf052518.php

The resource is available directly here: https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/UC3MInstitucional/es/TextoMixta/1371246237481/Federico-Tena_World_Trade_Historical_Database

Additionally, UC3M has produced a video about this platform: https://youtu.be/z62Lsmi9t3o. Although the audio is exclusively in Spanish, subtitles in English can be activated.

New publications from OECD, late April 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Making Development Co-operation Work for Small Island Developing States
• Productivity and Jobs in a Globalised World: (How) Can All Regions Benefit?
• Housing Dynamics in Korea: Building Inclusive and Smart Cities
• Working Together for Local Integration of Migrants and Refugees
• Meeting Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Bioeconomy
• Environmental Policy Toolkit for SME Greening in EU Eastern Partnership Countries (OECD Green Growth Studies series)
• OECD Economic Surveys: Costa Rica 2018
• Economic Policy Reforms 2018: Going for Growth Interim Report
• OECD Journal on Budgeting (volume 2017, issue 2)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New statistical publications from OECD, mid-March 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services (volume 2017, issue 1)
• OECD Quarterly International Trade Statistics (volume 2017, issue 3)
• Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries 2018: Disbursements, Commitments, Country Indicators
• Main Economic Indicators (volume 2018, issue 3)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid-February 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries’ Economies
• Making Blended Finance Work for the Sustainable Development Goals

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — December 2017

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from December 2017. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	The Cambridge handbook of antitrust, intellectual property, and high tech / edited by Roger D. Blair, D. Daniel Sokol. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927042 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/2nQcBm
	Capitalism without capital : the rise of the intangible economy / Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927044 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/B1opf1
	International Geneva : 100 years of architecture / Joëlle Kuntz. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927040 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/uMmTyb
	Manual sobre el Sistema de Solución de Diferencias de la OMC / preparada por la División de Asuntos Jurídicos y la División de Normas de la Secretaría de la OMC, y la Secretaría del Órgano de Apelación. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927050 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: https://goo.gl/AA5ztU
	The next factory of the world : how Chinese investment is reshaping Africa / Irene Yuan Sun. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927056 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/U8Bkwm
	Postal services in the digital age / edited by Matthias Finger, Bernhard Bukovc and Muqbil Burhan. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926950 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Pfi1Qi
	Promoting trade competitiveness in developing countries / edited by Wineaster Anderson, Marcellina M. Chijoriga and John R.M. Philemon. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927034 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/KpMk2g
	Sweet talk : paternalism and collective action in north-south trade relations / J. P. Singh. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927054 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/PcBxZH
	Vliianie preferentsialʹnykh torgovykh soglasheniĭ na mnogostoronniuiu torgovuiu sistemu / V.K. Remchukova. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927029 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	The WTO agreements : the Marrakesh agreement establishing the World Trade Organization and its annexes / World Trade Organization. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927052 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview https://goo.gl/7fFCwv

 

New publications from OECD, late January 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2017: Addressing Energy Challenges
• Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries 2017: Disbursements, Commitments, Country Indicators

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, late November 2016

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Private Sector Engagement for Sustainable Development: Lessons from the DAC
• Climate and Disaster Resilience Financing in Small Island Developing States
• Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the United States (OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series)
• OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Malaysia 2016
• Improving Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management in the Republic of Buryatia (Lake Baikal Basin) (OECD Studies on Water series)
• OECD Public Governance Reviews: Spain 2016
• Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2016
• SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Israel 2016 (OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship series)
• Financing Climate Action in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (Green Finance and Investment series)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — August 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from August 2016. You can send your requests to web.librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Biofuels, food security, and developing economies / Nazia Mintz-Habib. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926265 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/uCX8WK
	Bounded rationality and economic diplomacy : the politics of investment treaties in developing countries / Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926360 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/OGjYI9
	Droit des organisations internationales / sous la direction de Evelyne Lagrange, Jean-Marc Sorel ; avec la collaboration de Valère Ndior. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925792 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/PnAfv2
	Essentials of WTO law / Peter van den Bossche, Denise Prévost. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926481 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/bQasmB
	The global trade slowdown : a new normal? / edited by Bernard Hoekman. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926490 This publication is available in e-book format only.	Full text: https://goo.gl/RM8Vr4
	India’s approach to development cooperation / edited by Sachin Chaturvedi and Anthea Mulakala. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926431 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/GUEK2q
	International organizations : politics, law, practice / Ian Hurd. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925230 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/5dIrcO
	The protection of intellectual property in international law / Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926198 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/TdFxyS
	Regulatory autonomy and international trade in services : the EU under GATS and RTAs / Bregt Natens. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926321 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/p0Z4w7
	The relationship of WTO law and regional trade agreements in dispute settlement : from fragmentation to coherence / Malebakeng Agnes Forere. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926487 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/TwzH7f
	Rising powers and multilateral institutions / edited by Dries Lesage and Thijs Van de Graaf. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925881 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/aqG2QG
	Shifting paradigms in international investment law : more balanced, less isolated, increasingly diversified / edited by Steffen Hindelang and Markus Krajewski. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926358 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/jqEmXX
	Technology transfer and economic growth in Sub-Sahara African countries : lessons from East Asia / Nathaniel O. Agola. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926483 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/HUH4cQ

 

Library acquisitions — February 2016

http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from February 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	The age of stagnation : why perpetual growth is unattainable and the global economy is in peril / Satyajit Das.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926225 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/BG9LBg
	Commerce international, investissements directs étrangers et participation des pays méditerranéens aux chaînes de valeur mondiales / sous la direction de Cécile Bastidon-Gilles … [et al.] ; préface de Saaïd Amzazi.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926267 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/ZKNwzw
	Competition policy and regional integration in developing countries / edited by Josef Drexl … [et al.].   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926216 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/CzHHWX
	Human development and global institutions : evolution, impact, reform / Richard Ponzio and Arunabha Ghosh.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1917622 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/t8afcA
	The industries of the future / Alec Ross.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926229 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/erQkbe
	International judicial lawmaking : on public authority and democratic legitimation in global governance / Armin von Bogdandy, Ingo Venzke (eds.).   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926084 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/hJwM58
	The law, economics and politics of international standardisation / edited by Panagiotis Delimatsis.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926058 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/T0e0tq
	Lawfare : law as a weapon of war / Orde F. Kittrie.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926192 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/XMbGBK
	NGOs and global trade : non-state voices in EU trade policymaking / Erin Hannah.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926060 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Mn8Z51
	Postcapitalism : a guide to our future / Paul Mason.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926227 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/TOJf42
	À qui profite le protectionnisme? : extraits de discours présentés et annotés par Igor Martinache / Jean Jaurès.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926043 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/wbL0ty
	Volume 1 : Research papers funded by WTO Chair Program at the University of Jordan-School of Business (2010-2013) / Taleb Awad-Warrad, Duaa Salih Al-Sayaydeih.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926269 Request: web.librarian@wto.org
	A world of struggle : how power, law, and expertise shape global political economy / David Kennedy.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926257 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/pMF5MB
	The WTO and international investment law : converging systems / Jürgen Kurtz.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926050 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/tNLVYE

 

Library acquisitions — December 2015

Dear all,

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from December 2015. You can send your requests to web.librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

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Your WTO Library Team

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Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Asia and the future of football : the role of the Asian Football Confederation / Ben Weinberg. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925971 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/d03wVP
	Developing countries in the world economy / Jaime de Melo. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926136 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/b8p9wb
	Innovation, technology and economic change / edited by Jan Fagerberg and David C. Mowery. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925850 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Siy0UG
	International arbitration : law and practice in Switzerland / Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Antonio Rigozzi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925552 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/5Uf0Ag
	Nationalism and globalisation / edited by Stephen Tierney. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925888 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/0E8TK4
	The political economy of sustainable development : policy instruments and market mechanisms / Timothy Cadman … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925703 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Z077Ph
	Private-sector standards as technical barriers in international trade in goods : in search of WTO disciplines / Arkady Kudryavtsev. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926143 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/DDfkga
	The rift : a new Africa breaks free / Alex Perry. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926167 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/HRmAK7
	Trade in services and trade agreements : perspectives from India and the European Union / edited by Arpita Mukherjee, Rupa Chanda, Tanu M. Goyal. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926064 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/f33xgc
	Trade in the service of sustainable development : linking trade to labour rights and environmental standards / Olivier de Schutter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925892 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/U7O7Rd
	Trade law, domestic regulation and development / Joel P Trachtman. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926134 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/dbyGNT
	The transit of goods in public international law / Beatriz Huarte Melgar. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925751 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/1jQ2D2
	Treaties on transit of energy via pipelines and countermeasures / Danae Azaria. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925985 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/91OJKe
	Universal service in WTO and EU law : liberalisation and social regulation in telecommunications / Olga Batura. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926068 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/lcpckb

 

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2015: Highlights

OECD has released new data and analysis on agricultural support in OECD and emerging economies in their recent publication, Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2015: Highlights.

This highlights publication offers a sampling of what will be included in the full Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2015 report, to be launched in 2015. The volume covers OECD countries and a number of emerging economies, looking at average levels of support given to agricultural producers and comparing trends between countries.

The highlights to the forthcoming Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2015 is available online, as well as a Reader’s Guide, and a section titled Developments in Agricultural Policy and Support.

These documents, tools and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains

OECD has launched Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains: Implications for Trade and Trade-Related Policies.  A new issue in their OECD Trade Policy Papers series, this report examining participation in global value chains by developing countries. The publication analyzes global value chain participation and policy in five developing sub-regions in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, highlighting differences and similarities between activities in these sub-regions. The paper may be of particular interest to policy makers and policy advisors in these regions, to help assess existing global value chain engagement and consider additional options.

In addition to the full paper, there is also a 20-page summary paper and a 4-page policy note, all available in electronic format through a WTO Library subscription to OECD iLibrary.

 

Przemyslaw Kowalski, Javier Lopez Gonzalez, Alexandros Ragoussis, and Cristian Ugarte. (2015) Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains: Implications for Trade and Trade-Related Policies. [doi]

World Bank Economic Review – Volume 29, Issue 1

Chinese Firms’ Entry to Export Markets: The Role of Foreign Export Spillovers
Optimal Food Price Stabilization in a Small Open Developing Country
Powering Up Developing Countries through Integration?
(Ineffective) Messages to Encourage Recycling: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Peru
Development at the Border: Policies and National Integration in Côte D’Ivoire and Its Neighbors
Fiscal Responses after Catastrophes and the Enabling Role of Financial Development

Changing power relations in the WTO

This review offers a critical reading of the November 2014 India–U.S. trade deal that unblocked an impasse in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round and considers what it means for the way we govern global trade. It argues that the agreement, rather than being a ‘victory’ for the developing world or a cause for celebration, may simply reinforce an unfair and problematic system of distributing trade opportunities among WTO members. It may also obscure further the need for a fundamental overhaul of the way global trade is governed. In so doing, the review speaks to broader debates about what happens when ‘rising’ powers replace established states in global institutions in the absence of wider processes of reform; and it adds to growing concerns about the increasing precariousness of least developed countries (LDCs) in international economic regimes.

Full-text available in .pdf

Do Developing-country WTO Members Receive More Aid for Trade (AfT)?

This paper aims to assess whether and to what extent the WTO’s developing member countries have received more AfT. For this purpose, a system GMM is applied to a sample of 118 recipient countries for the period 2001–10. We find evidence that while LDC WTO members on average receive relatively more AfT than other developing countries, the difference has not increased since launch of the AfT initiative. Among the three categories of AfT, the positive WTO membership effect for LDC members increased for building productive capacity and for trade policy and regulation, but declined for infrastructure.

Full-text available in .pdf

Beggar-Thy-Poor-Neighbour: Crisis-Era Protectionism and Developing Countries

Content:
1. Beggar-Thy-Poor-Neighbour: The incidence of Protectionism in LDCs and Sub-Saharan Africa
Part one: The Impact of Protectionism on Developing Countries
2. Free trade, protectionism and the balance of trade: New empirical insights
3. Trade measures of OECD countries and the decline in exports of African Coutires: is murky protectionism responsible?
4. Protectionist Trade Policy Instruments in the global economic crises: an impact analysis from Africa-EU and Africa-US trade relations
5. SADC Crisis era trade policy and its effect on intra regional trade and investiments
6. The conomic crisis and the protection of domestic workers: the case of Foreign Workers Firsts out policy in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector.
Part two: Country Specific Data on the Incidence of Crisis- Era Protectionism on the Least Developed Countries and on Africa

Full-text available in .pdf