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Agricultural trade reform is critical to a favourable development outcome from the Doha Development agenda. But agricultural policies and the policy reforms being contemplated are fiendishly complicated, and the devil is in the details. This study builds up from the essential detail of the tariffs and other protection measures, and uses this information to provide an analysis of the big-picture implications of proposed reforms. The study highlights the risk that the potentially large gains will be lost through excessive flexibilities and exceptions.

Agricultural Trade Reform & the Doha Development Agenda

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE Agriculture, Trade Reform, and the Doha Agenda; W.Martin & K.Anderson What's at Stake: The Relative Importance of Import Barriers, Export Subsidies and Domestic Support; T.W.Hertel & R.Keeney Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries; T.Josling PART 2: AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS Consequences of Alternative Formulas for Agricultural Tariff Cuts; S.Jean, L.FontagnTHETA & W.Martin Reducing Tariffs Versus Expanding Tariff Rate Quotas; H.de Gorter & E.Kliauga Is Erosion of Tariff Preferences a Serious Concern? A.Boudeltat, L.FontagnTHETA & S.Jean PART 3: EXPORT SUBSIDIES AND DOMESTIC SUPPORT Removing the Exception of Agricultural Export Subsidies; B.Hoekman & P.Messerlin Rethinking Domestic Support Disciplines; C.E.Hart & J.C.Beghin Consequences of Reducing AMS Limits; H.G.Jensen & H.Zobbe Reducing Cotton Subsidies: The DDA Cotton Initiative; D.A.Sumner PART 4: DOHA REFORM SCENARIOS Holograms and Ghosts: New and Old Ideas in Agricultural Policies; D.Orden & E.Diaz-Bonilla Market and Welfare Implications of Doha Reform Scenarios; K.Anderson, W.Martin & D.van der Mensbrugghe