How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves
through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton present a radical new economic model, designed to open up markets in a way that will allow them to flourish.

Joseph E. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001 and is University Professor at Columbia University where he founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue in 2000. He was Chair of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors from 1995-97 and Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000.His best known recent publications include 'Making Globalization Work' (2006), 'Globalization and its Discontents' (2002) and 'The Roaring Nineties' (2003).
Andrew Charlton is a Research Officer at the London School of Economics. He has taught at Oxford University and been a consultant for the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, The United Nations Development Program and the OECD Development Centre.

• Foreword


• Glossary


• 1: Introduction: The Story So Far


• 2: Trade Can Be Good for Development


• 3: The Need for a Development Round


• 4: What Has Doha Achieved?


• 5: Founding Principles: The Basis for a Fair Agreement


• 6: Special Treatment for Developing Countries


• 7: Priorities for a Development Round


• 8: How to Open Up Markets


• 9: Priorities Behind The Border


• 10: What Should Not Be On the Agenda?


• 11: Joining the Trading System


• 12: Institutional Reforms


• 13: Trade Liberalization and the Costs of Adjustment


• Appendix 1: Empirical Review of Market Access Issues


• Appendix 2: Empirical Review of the Singapore Issues