BOOK RELEASE MEETING

Delivering on Doha

Meeting jointly hosted by the Peterson Institute and the Center for Global Development

Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute

Peterson Institute, Washington, DC

December 18, 2006

Summary

Agricultural market liberalization is essential in achieving a successful Doha Round agreement because these are the most protected markets remaining in most rich countries. But the implications for developing countries, especially the poorest, are more complex than the current debate suggests. The Peterson Institute and the Center for Global Development cohosted a book launch for joint senior fellow Kimberly Elliott’s Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor, featuring keynote speaker Ernesto Zedillo, Director of Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and professor at Yale University and former President of Mexico. Elliott's book examines the structure of agricultural support in rich countries and explores the challenges as well as opportunities that developing countries might face if the Doha Round succeeds in reforming OECD agriculture policies.

Materials

Book: Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor
by Kimberly Ann Elliott
July 2006

Speech: Keynote address at the release of "Delivering on Doha" [pdf]
Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico

Presentation: Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor [pdf]
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute

News Release: Reforming Agriculture Key to Successful Trade Talks, But More Needed for Development Round [pdf]
September 27, 2006

In Brief: Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor [pdf]

Keynote Address by Ernesto Zedillo