Cancún and post-Cancún briefing papers on Africa and the Doha development agenda : the current state of play in the negotiations

Abstract

The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organization has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past fifty years, particularly in the light of the global economic slowdown, to maintain the process of reform and liberalization of trade policies, thus insuring that the system plays its full part in promoting recovery, growth and development.