The World Trade Organization: Institutional Development and Reform

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acronyms......Page 13
I: Introduction......Page 14
II: Issues: Effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy......Page 19
III: Research questions......Page 21
I: Concepts of international organizations......Page 22
1 State-centered concepts......Page 23
2 Political systems theory......Page 25
3 Organizational analysis......Page 26
4 Network perspectives......Page 30
1 International relations perspective......Page 31
2 International law perspective......Page 33
3 Organizational perspective......Page 36
5 Conclusions......Page 37
1 A public administration perspective on international organizations......Page 39
2 Concepts of actor-centered institutionalism......Page 43
3 Focal, formal, and informal organizations......Page 46
4 Modes of governance......Page 50
5 Performance criteria......Page 52
1 Interviews......Page 56
4 Adequacy and validity of methods......Page 58
I: Agreements, membership, and principles......Page 60
2 Implementation of trade agreements and technical assistance......Page 64
3 Trade policy review......Page 66
III: Organizational structure......Page 67
1 Trade negotiations......Page 71
2 Implementation of trade agreements......Page 73
3 Trade policy review......Page 75
4 Dispute settlement......Page 76
V: Summary of formal WTO characteristics......Page 79
5 The WTO in Action......Page 80
1 Trade negotiations......Page 81
2 Technical assistance......Page 102
3 Research......Page 108
2 Formal and informal decision making......Page 114
1 The role of the Secretariat......Page 116
2 Formal and informal decision making......Page 118
1 The role of the Secretariat......Page 119
3 The role of non-state actors......Page 121
V: The informal WTO......Page 122
VI: The WTO as a hybrid actor......Page 124
1 Perspectives on the Secretariat......Page 125
2 Negotiations, technical assistance, and research......Page 126
3 Implementation, trade policy review, and dispute settlement......Page 128
4 Conclusions......Page 129
6 Performance Patterns of the WTO......Page 131
1 Task areas......Page 132
2 Explanatory factors......Page 138
3 Conclusions......Page 150
1 Task areas......Page 151
2 Explanatory factors......Page 162
3 Conclusions......Page 166
1 Task areas......Page 167
2 Explanatory factors......Page 171
3 Conclusions......Page 175
IV: Interdependencies between effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy......Page 176
1 Strengthening the Secretariat and Director General......Page 178
2 Developing the WTO structure......Page 179
3 Improving WTO relations with NGOs......Page 180
4 Formalizing structures and procedures in the area of trade negotiations......Page 182
1 Strengthening the Secretariat and Director General......Page 183
2 Developing the WTO structure......Page 190
3 WTO relations with NGOs......Page 195
4 Formal elements in informal trade negotiations......Page 200
5 Developing the dispute settlement system......Page 207
1 Need to reform......Page 209
2 Strategy of reform......Page 210
3 Recommended reform measures......Page 212
Proposals for WTO reform which were evaluated by interview partners......Page 215
Survey Questionnaire......Page 216
Notes......Page 219
Bibliography......Page 226
E......Page 238
I......Page 239
R......Page 240
W......Page 241