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Methodologies For Sustainability Impact Assessments Of Proposals For New Trade Agreements

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  • NORMAN LEE

    (Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)

  • COLIN KIRKPATRICK

    (Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)

Abstract

In the build-up to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in November 1999, and its aftermath, considerable interest has been expressed in the likely economic, environmental and social effects of trade liberalisation on sustainable development. This article explores the methodological challenges which are faced when undertaking a sustainability impact assessment (SIA) at different stages in multilateral trade negotiations. The article draws upon the authors' experiences when undertaking a preliminary SIA in advance of the proposed WTO New Round, and explores how the methodology used might need to be elaborated for use in later stages of the negotiating process. Given existing methodological deficiencies and data shortages, it points to some of the dangers in being over-ambitious and proposes, as an interim solution, the more detailed and specific application of "simpler" methods already in use.

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  • Norman Lee & Colin Kirkpatrick, 2001. "Methodologies For Sustainability Impact Assessments Of Proposals For New Trade Agreements," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(03), pages 395-412.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:03:y:2001:i:03:n:s1464333201000765
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333201000765
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    4. Michael Pflüger & Jens Südekum, 2005. "Die Neue Ökonomische Geographie und Effizienzgründe für Regionalpolitik," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 74(1), pages 26-46.
    5. Lee, Norman & Kirkpatrick, Colin, 2004. "A Pilot Study of the Quality of European Commission Extended Impact Assessment," Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC) Working Papers 30580, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).
    6. Lee, Norman, 2004. "Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Integrated Assessment," Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC) Working Papers 30575, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).
    7. Christoph Böhringer & Andreas Löschel, 2004. "Die Messung nachhaltiger Entwicklung mithilfe numerischer Gleichgewichtsmodelle," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 73(1), pages 31-52.
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    9. Lee, Norman, 2002. "Developing and Applying Regulatory Impact Assessment Methodologies in Low and Middle Income Countries," Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers 30691, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).

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