Global Trade and Financial Architecture

The Global Trade and Financial Architecture (GTFA) project is an initiative sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) that was designed to build on the findings of the report of the UN Millennium Taskforce on Trade report, Trade for Development. It is piloted by a Steering Committee of leading researchers and policy makers and co-chaired by Ernesto Zedillo, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, and Patrick Messerlin, Groupe d’Economie Mondiale de SciencesPo.

The GTFA objective is to identify and promote concrete policy options for reinvigorating and strengthening the multilateral economic systems and institutions that have supported the process of globalization since the Second World War. It is also about making this globalization process more sustainable and inclusive, and the project focuses on issues pertaining to the protection of “global economic commons” (e.g. trade or environment) and development. More >> 

	Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective. Book Widget
	Food Prices and Rural Poverty. Download e-book (pdf - 2.4mb)
	Rebalancing the Global Economy: A Primer for Policymaking. Download e-book (pdf - 1.2mb) | Policy Note | Podcast
	Trade Adjustment Costs in Developing Countries: Impacts, Determinants and Policy Responses. Purchase | Download e-book (pdf - 3.3 mb) | Policy Note
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Events
	February 28 - March 1, 2011, Paris - GTFA Steering Committee meeting.
	February 28, 2011, Paris - Joint donors-private sector workshop on aid for trade effectiveness and the engagement of the private sector.
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In the News
	Jan 13, 2011: Urgency to Grow. More >>
	July 19, 2010: IMF Turns on the Charm in Asia. More >>
	July 5, 2010: Carbon Taxes May be Ineffective in Discouraging Emissions. More >>
	June 25, 2010: When It Comes to Bluer Skies, Carbon Tariff Schemes Are a Smokescreen. More >>
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Publications
	Effective Crisis Response and Openness: Implications for the Trading System - Examines the ways in which the existing manifestations of openness influenced the degree and effectiveness of cross-border cooperation. Purchase | Download (pdf - 2.9mb)
	The Fateful Allure of Protectionism - Leading experts take stock of the cross-border impact of policy responses to the crisis. More >>
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Databases
	Global Antidumping Database is a publicly and freely available database on different national governments' use of antidumping trade policy instrument, as well as WTO members' use of safeguard measures. More >>
	Global Trade Alert provides real-time information on state measures taken during the current global downturn that are likely to affect foreign commerce. More >>

Last updated on Jan 19, 2011