
The Geneva Consensus
Making Trade Work for All
Pascal Lamy(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 21. November 2013
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-107-05306-9 (ISBN)
Description
As Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy chaired the Doha Round of negotiations and witnessed a rapidly changing international trade environment. In his first book since leaving the WTO, Lamy reflects on his time there and outlines his views on the significance of open trade in generating global economic growth, reducing poverty and creating jobs around the world. He argues that trade can only act as a motor for growth if the correct mix of domestic and international economic and social policies is in place. This approach - the 'Geneva Consensus' - requires deeper cooperation and policy coherence between the international organizations active in setting international economic, social and political policies. The Geneva Consensus describes the ongoing efforts to put this into effect, calling for more effective global governance to tackle the challenges of globalization. It also examines relationships between trade and the key social, economic and political issues of our time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-05306-9 (9781107053069)
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Person
Pascal Lamy was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 2005 until 2013. Between 1999 and 2004, he was Commissioner for Trade at the European Commission under Romano Prodi. Dr Lamy holds degrees from the Paris-based Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) and from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). He began his career in the French civil service at the Inspection Generale des Finances and at the Treasury. He then became an advisor to the Finance Minister Jacques Delors, and subsequently to Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.
Content
1. Harnessing globalization amid the crisis facing multilateralism; 2. The changing face of trade; 3. Helping the poorest up the prosperity ladder; 4. Trade: friend not foe of the environment; 5. Trading towards global food security; 6. Trade can contribute towards better health ; 7. Trade and labour: separated at birth but still connected; 8. Trade and energy: the case for a greater WTO role; 9. Trade and currencies: trading community seeks greater currency stability; 10. Trade and competition: fairer competition makes for fairer trade; 11. Trade and human rights: a case of misplaced suspicion; 12. Last but not least: the Doha Round.