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How we got here

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  • Ed Brown

    (Ed Brown is at Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)

  • Jonathan Cloke

    (Jonathan Cloke is at Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK)

  • Mansoor Ali

    (Mansoor Ali is at Practical Action (ITDG), The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development, Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QZ, UK)

Abstract

This paper provides a contextual and historical backdrop for this special edition by exploring cross-sectoral debates about the potential impacts of the GATS negotiations and their place within the broader political economy of North-South relations. It traces the historical background to the negotiations as part of the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995 and assesses some of the major controversies that have arisen over the likely impacts of GATS upon the interests of Southern countries. It then goes on to consider the specfic issues involved in the regulation of international trade in services and outline how the GATS is supposed to operate, before briefly outlining some of the major controversies that have arisen over the likely impacts of the GATS process upon the interests of Southern countries.

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  • Ed Brown & Jonathan Cloke & Mansoor Ali, 2008. "How we got here," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 8(1), pages 7-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:8:y:2008:i:1:p:7-22
    DOI: 10.1177/146499340700800102
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