Overview
There exist few tools to measure the changes in market access that will take place at the conclusion of the Doha Round, or those that may result from any other trade agreement. The Composite Index of Market Access (CIMA) has been conceived as a tool to help trade policy-makers and other stakeholders to address this challenge. The Index is generated from a transparent set of figures that allows for easy an comparison between countries of all barriers to trade. On this page you will find the latest updates to this project.
Methodology paper and country study guide
- Constructing a Composite Index of Market Access by Prof. Timothy Josling, Stanford University
Draft country studies on exports of rice
- On Uruguay by Carlos Perez del Castillo, Former Ambassador of Uruguay to the WTO and Prof. Daniela Alfaro, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
- On the United States by Prof. Eric Wailes, University of Arkansas
- On Thailand by Dechachete Thawatchai, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
Documents from 28 October 2009 expert meeting
- Presentations and other documents can be found here.