Liberalisation, health and the World Trade Organisation

Liberalisation, health and the World Trade Organisation.

The contemporary globalisation project of which Baum writes rests on the promise that economic growth benefits all. Originally enforced through Structural Adjustment Programs’ trinity of privatisation, reduced public spending and increased trade liberalisation, it is the benefits of the latter that now dominate the “globalisation is good” argument. So dominant is this claim that it deserves clo...

Correction: Assessment of the Association of Health with the Liberalisation of Trade in Services under the World Trade Organisation

BACKGROUND The liberalisation of trade in services which began in 1995 under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has generated arguments for and against its potential health effects. Our goal was to explore the relationship between the liberalisation of services under the GATS and three health indicators--life expectancy (LE), under-5 mortalit...

The World Trade Organisation

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) which became operational on 1 January 1995 is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO provides the legal framework for world trade, and it has been given extensive regulatory and supervisory powers. Whereas the GATT was solely concerned with trade liberalization based on tariff concessions, the WTO’s approach embraces discus...

Trade Liberalisation and Tuberculosis

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TRADE LIBERALISATION Lecture Notes