Trade, globalization and sustainability impact assessment
Subtitle: a critical look at methods and outcomes
By: edited by Paul Ekins and Tancrède Voiturie.
Contributors: Ekins, Paul.; Voituriez, Tancrède, 1968-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781844076611
Subjects: Commerce; Globalization; Sustainable development
Description: This title takes a hard look at the practice of sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) to date, and the extent to which they have achieved their objectives and improved the outcomes of trade negotiations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trade-induced changes in economic inequalityá : assessment issues and policy implications for developing countries; title: Why did "development" entrap the Doha Round?; title: Have sustainability impact assessment of trade agreements delivered on "development" issues : a reflexive analysis of the emergence and main contributions of trade SIAs1; title: Trade SIAs and the new challenges of trade liberalisation; title: Investment : the context matters; title: Sustainability impacts of liberalising trade in services : assessment methodologies and policy responses; title: The impacts of liberalising trade in commodities; title: The potential role for collective preferences in determining the rules of the international trading system; title: Improving public participation in sustainability impact assessments of trade agreements; title: Identifying trade victims; title: Trade-induced changes in labour market inequalities : current findings and policy implications; title: The value of value chains : spreading the gains from liberalization; title: Collective preferences and international compensation; title: Reducing the impacts of the production and trade in commodities; title: The trade and environment relationships reconsidered : the case of regional trade and climate change.