00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861923702 Buklod 20130613124620.0 g||| | || || ta 200103s2007 xx a r |000 0|eng d 19956932 (iLib)UPBAG-00010549977 BAG rda eng HC 59.7 L43 2007 Leal, Werner Corrales author. Special and differential treatment for small and vulnerable countries based on the situational approach by Werner Corrales-Leal, Felipe Baritto, Sarah A. Mohan. Geneva, Switzerland International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) [2007] 53 pages illustrations 30 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier ICTSD Programme on Competitiveness and Sustainable Development issue paper No. 2 "September 2007." Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-53) 1. The situational approach to S&DT, and competitiveness and vulnerability issues : a framework -- 2. The negotiations until 2006: convergence around a "characteristics" approach -- 3. Findings and conclusions from a policy-oriented exercise on the SVE's using the situational approach to S&DT. Beyond the general constraints on trade and competitiveness affecting nearly all developing countries, a special class of concerns applies more specifically to the so-called Small and vulnerable Economies (SVEs). Small economies usually depend more on international trade than other countries and are more exposed to risks resulting from trade-related external shocks. In addition, many of them have encountered disasters related to natural hazards with increasing frequency and impact. This paper condenses the results of the exercises undertaken between 2004 and 2006 by ICTSD on small and vulnerable economies, as part of its project on a Situational Approach to S&DT (SA). From the outset, the project sought to identify circumstances in relevant areas of trade and development policies, one of which is obviously competitiveness and vulnerability of SVEs, rather than to attach S&DT provisions to country categories. The SA sets out to achieve two goals. The first is guaranteeing access by all developing countries and LDCs to a set of basic S&DT benefits: their respective S&DT acquis and the improvements to it that result from the Doha-mandated review. The second is to create additional S&DT benefits based on specific development situations. Developing countries Economic conditions. States, Small Economic conditions. Baritto, Felipe author. Mohan, Sarah A. author. FO UPBAG KTRC HC 59.7 L43 2007 Book