INCREASING PEOPLE’S ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. UK Department for International Development, March 2005. The paper encourages companies to engage in widespread differential pricing of essential medicines in developing countries to support the development of viable markets and increase investment in research and development for diseases affecting developing countries. For access to this paper visit http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/pharm-framework.pdf.
No. 4: EXPORT COMPETITION: SELECTED ISSUES AND THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. Food and Agriculture Organization, 2005. This trade policy technical note on export competition reviews and explains the categorisation of export competition as set out in the July Package. The paper investigates the existing evidence on the potential impacts of the various instruments that support agricultural export and deals with the risks associated with inappropriately disciplining some of the support mechanisms. To access the paper please visit ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/j5013e/j5013e00.pdf.
No. 5: DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TRADE RELATED ISSUES AND THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. Food and Agriculture Organization, 2005. Through an assessment of the empirical and theoretical evidence available, this technical note seeks to identify the domestic support mechanisms with trade distorting effects and to establish whether further WTO disciplines in this area will be effective in reducing harmful support. To access the paper please visit ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/j5012e/j5012e00.pdf.
PLANTING THE RIGHT SEED: A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE ON AGRICULTURE TRADE AND THE WTO. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and 3D: Trade-Human Rights-Equitable Economy, March 2005. This report argues that the WTO’s agriculture agreement threatens human rights by promoting a trade liberalisation agenda that overrides efforts to improve livelihoods. It is the first in a series of reports that aim to analyse the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture. To access the report please visit http://www.tradeobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=69823.