Trade, Globalization and Sustainability Impact Assessment : A Critical Look at Methods and Outcomes (Hardcover)

Overview and General Introduction Part 1: The Context: Trade, SIAs and Development 1: Trade-Induced Changes in Economic Inequality : Assessment Issues and Policy Implications for Developing Countries 2: Why did 'Development' Entrap the Doha Round? 3: Have Sustainability Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements Delivered on 'Development' Issues: A Reflexive Analysis of the Emergence and Main Contributions of Trade SIAs Part II:The New Challenges of Trade Liberalisation: Beyond SIA 4: Trade Sias and the New Challenges of Trade Liberalisation 5: Investment: The Context Matters 6: Sustainability Impacts of Liberalising Trade in Services: Assessment Methodologies and Policy Responses 7: The Impacts of Liberalising Trade in Commodities 8: The Potential Role for Collective Preferences in Determining the Rules of the International Traading System Part III: Breaking the Impasse: the national policy framework 9: Improving Public Participation in Sustainability Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements 10: Identifying trade victims 11: Trade-Induced Changes in Labour Market Inequalities: Current Findings and Policy Implications 12: The Value of Value Chains: Spreading the Gains from Liberalization Part IV: International cooperation 13: Collective Preferences and International Compensation 14: Reducing the Impacts of the Production and Trade in Commodities 15: The Trade and Environment Relationships Reconsidered: The Case of Regional Trade and Climate Change Conclusion