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Achievements and challenges of trade capacity building : a practitioner's analysis of the CAFTA process and its lessons for the multilateral system

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  • Eric T. Miller

    (Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe, INTAL)

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En los círculos de hacedores de política y centros intelectuales del mundo, existe un debate considerable sobre el modo de instrumentar la globalización para que funcione en los países pequeños, más pobres y en estado de desventaja respecto al resto. Los desafíos y soluciones potenciales se han manifestado en múltiples formas; desde las declaraciones de la Cumbre de Monterrey sobre Comercio y Desarrollo, hasta en los documentos de políticas sobre reforma de la "arquitectura financiera global". En el ámbito del comercio, la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC) lanzó la Agenda Doha de Desarrollo en Noviembre de 2001, que buscaba entre otras cosas, darle un rol central a la "justicia sistémica" y a la capacidad en las discusiones de política. Diferentes niveles de capacidad comercial y las consecuencias que este hecho acarrea también se han convertido en temas de las iniciativas comerciales, particularmente en las Américas. Los países en desarrollo hacen bien en señalar que la cantidad de recursos no reembolsables en relación a las necesidades del país es actualmente muy pequeña. El gran desafío en los años por delante es encontrar maneras eficientes de achicar esta brecha. Indudablemente los socios institucionales y gubernamentales que han participado como donantes en los procesos IF y CAFTA jugarán un importante rol = In policy circles and intellectual centers throughout the world, there is considerable debate on how to make globalization "work" for smaller, poorer, and otherwise disadvantaged countries. The challenges and potential solutions have manifested themselves in a myriad of ways, from the declarations of the Monterrey Summit on Trade and Development to policy papers on reform of the "global financial architecture". On the trade front, the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched the Doha Development Agenda in Qatar in November 2001, which sought, among other things, to give the challenges of capacity and "systemic fairness" a central role in the policy discussion. Differing levels of trade capacity and the attendant consequences have also become issues in various regional trade initiatives, particularly in the Americas. Developing countries are quite correct in pointing out that the quantity of non-reimbursable resources relative the countries' needs is presently very small. The great challenge in the years ahead is to find efficient ways to close this gap. Undoubtedly, the institutional and governmental partners that have participated as donors in the IF and CAFTA processes will have an important role to play

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  • Eric T. Miller, 2005. "Achievements and challenges of trade capacity building : a practitioner's analysis of the CAFTA process and its lessons for the multilateral system," INTAL Working Papers 1268, Inter-American Development Bank, INTAL.
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    Keywords

    MERCADO COMUN CENTROAMERICANO; MCCA; TRATADO DE LIBRE COMERCIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; CAFTA; NEGOCIACIONES COMERCIALES; PAISES PEQUENOS; COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL;
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    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

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