The paper reviews the experience of developing countries in the multilateral trading system forme the conclusion of the GATT in 1947 and the establishment of the WTO in 1995. It traces the origins of GATT and the history of eight successive rounds of multilateral negotiations under its auspices...

I evaluate India's transition from an inward-oriented development strategy to greater participation in the world economy. While tariff rates have decreased significantly over the past decade, India is still one of the more autarkic countries. Despite improvement over the past in export...

The latest, and internationally controversial, issue relating to trade and human rights is that of labor standards. It has surfaced in international fora including the World Trade Organization (WTO). I will focus exclusively on this issue in the rest of this paper since an analysis of it...

This paper deals with poverty in developing countries.