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The discussion
will revolve
around the
author’s most
recent book,
entitled
Backwaters of
Global
Prosperity: How
Forces of
Globalization
and GATT/WTO
Trade Regimes
Contribute to
the
Marginalization
of the World's
Poorest Nation.
New York:
Praeger
Publishers.
The book
provides a
penetrating
analysis of the
particular
elements of
globalization in
general and the
global trade
regime in
particular that
are biased
against the
interests of the
world's least
developed
countries (LDCs).
From direct
foreign
investment to
the flow of
capital, there
are endless
factors that
affect the
economies of the
world's poorest
countries.
Knowledge of the
struggles of
these countries
is essential to
understanding
the impact of
globalization.
This work
provides a
platform for
grasping why
developed
countries are
reaping the
benefits of
globalization
while the LDCs
are being left
behind. The book
seeks to uncover
the processes
that LDCs should
take to reverse
their
marginalization
and build their
economies so
that they can
receive the
benefits of
globalization.
Major topics
include: How
Marginalized Are
the LDCs in the
Contemporary
World Economy;
How
Multilateral
Trade Regimes
under the GATT/WTO
Contribute to
the
Marginalization
of the LDCs; How
the Special and
Differential
Treatment
Measures of the
GATT/WTO
contribute to
the Development
of the LDCs; How
Lack of
Liberalization
in the trade of
Agriculture and
Textiles and
Clothing have
been restraining
economic growth
of the LDCs; and
finally, how
Conductive is
the WTO Platform
for Safeguarding
and Promoting
the Interests of
the LDCs.
The author will
discuss these
issues in the
context of
recent
developments in
the WTO
negotiations.
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