Click here for search results Developing countries'
participation in the World Trade Organization, Volume 1
Author:Michalopoulos, Constantine; Collection Title:Policy,
Research working paper ; no. WPS 1906 Date
Stored:2003/07/30Document Date:1998/03/31 Document Type:Policy
Research Working PaperLanguage:English Major
Sector:(Historic)Economic PolicyReport Number:WPS1906 Sub
Sectors:(Historic)TradeSubTopics:Trade and Services; Economic
Theory & Research; Labor & Employment Law; Poverty Assessment;
Economic Conditions and Volatility; Country Strategy &
Performance; World Trade Organization; Decentralization Volume
No:1    Summary: In the 1960s and 1970s developing countries
viewed UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade & Development)
rather than the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade) as
the main institution through which to promote their interests in
international trade. But beginning with the Uruguay Round in the
mid-1980s, their attitude changed, many more of them became
members of the GATT, and