World Bank

Conclude Doha Round, Says a World Bank Book

World Bank has published a book on Doha Round, its title is: ‘Conclude Doha: it matters’. Its authors are: Bernard Hoekman, Bill Martin and Aditya Mattoo. (WPS NO 5135, November 2009). Doha Round was launched in 2001 and at that time, WorldBank had madi a forecast that as an out come of the Doha Round, $520 billions would be added as an additional wealth to the world economy. After some years this amount was reduced to $96 billions. And now the world Bank talks of $150 to $200 billions. It good conditions prevait, liberalization would continue at the medium pace and Doha Round would be concluded which would indicate that the protectionism had been renounced.

{Alternative Economique: No. 286, December 2009}