02000cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008605 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850390 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Mattoo, Aaditya. The WTO and the Poorest Countries : The Stark Reality / Aaditya Mattoo, Arvind Subramanian. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a significant say in WTO decision-making. However, they have limited ability to engage in the reciprocity game that is at the heart of the WTO, and have limited interests in the broader liberalization agenda because of their preferential access to industrial country markets. Accommodating the interests of the small and poor countries is desirable in itself, but would also facilitate expeditious progress in the Doha Round. The stark reality facing the system is that the desirable ways of addressing their concerns- providing them additional financial assistance and nonpreferential market access-is proving infeasible. As a result, the system is gravitating toward the less desirable option of relieving these countries of obligations, including those that might be welfare-enhancing for them. Mode of access: Internet Subramanian, Arvind. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/081 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/081/001.2004.issue-081-en.xml IMF e-Library