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Hard-Bound Book

• 2007 Edition

Pages: 264

ISBN: 81-7188-466-0

INR 995

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Environmental Requirements and Market Access

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Description

With progressive liberalisation of quantitative restrictions and tariff barriers following multilateral trade negotiations in WTO, environmental standards have emerged as significant trade barriers for developing countries’ exports. In this volume, leading experts examine the incidence of environmental requirements in the North and their impact on market access for Southern products especially those from South Asia. The book deals with various dimensions of such environmental and health related standards and their impact on South Asian trade in terms of their prohibitive effect, discriminatory impact and high compliance costs. The volume concludes with an agenda of action points for governments, business houses and international agencies to address the challenge.

About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

Nagesh Kumar is Director-General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi.


Sachin Chaturvedi is Fello, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi.

Contributors

Toqeer Ahmad
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan.


Zaid Bakht
Director, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.


Sachin Chaturvedi
Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India.


Sampat Jayasinghe
Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.


Shaheen Rafi Khan
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan.


Nagesh Kumar
Director-General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India.


T.R. Manoharan
Formerly Consultant, Research and Information System (RIS), New Delhi, India.


S.K. Mohanty
Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India.


Gunjan Nagpal
Formerly Research Assistant, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India.


Shashi Sareen
Director, Export Inspection Council, Government of India, New Delhi, India..


Jürgen Wiemann
Deputy Director, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany.


Contents in detail:

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Annexures


Foreword by Dr. Nagesh Kumar


Contributors to this Volume


Acronyms

 

1.An Introduction
      Nagesh Kumar and Sachin Chaturvedi

 


Part I: Environmental Requirements and Market Access

2.Impacts for Developing Countries
      Jürgen Wiemann

   Background

   Development of the Multilateral Framework
   of Rules and Agreements

   Greening of International Trade from Below

   Impacts for Developing Countries and
   Development Co-operation

 

 

3.Inventory of Issues
     Sachin Chaturvedi and Gunjan Nagpal

  Introduction

  Trade in ESGs

  Environmental and Other Standards

  Relocation of Industries

  Impact of Standards and Capacity Building

  Concluding Remarks

 

 

Part II: Experiences from South Asia

4.Environmental Related Barriers in the EU
      S.K. Mohanty and T.R. Manoharan

   Introduction

   NTMs in the European Union and South Asia’s
   Trade: Some Key Questions

   Environment Related NTMs

   Methodology

   Results

   Conclusions

 

 

5.Case Study of India
   Sachin Chaturvedi and Gunjan Nagpal

   Introduction

   Environment Related Trade Barriers and India

   Relocation of Dirty Industries

   Emerging Policy Challenges

   Policy Recommendations and Concluding Remarks

 

 

6.India’s Response
      Shashi Sareen

   Introduction

   Harmonisation

   Transparency

   Risk-based Approach

   Safety Management Systems Approach

   Capacity Building

   Equivalence

   Rejection and Destruction of Consignments

   Health Certificates

   Economic Impact of Certain Measures

   Conformity Assessment Issues

   Conclusions

 

 

7.Case Study of Pakistan
      Shaheen Rafi Khan and Toqeer Ahmad

   Introduction

   Trade-Environment Linkages in Pakistan

   The Environmental Standards

   The Environmental Impacts

   Environmental Sensitivity of Industries

   Mitigating Initiatives

   Policy Options for Pakistan

 

 

8.Environmental Standards and Exports of Bangladesh
      Zaid Bakht

   Introduction

   The External Sector of Bangladesh

   Impact of Environmental Standards on Exports

   Shrimp Culture

   Leather Tanning

   Fertiliser Industry

   Textile Industry and Readymade Garments

   Migration of Dirty Industries to Bangladesh

   Concluding Remarks

 

9.Case of Sri Lanka
      Sampath Jayasinghe

   Introduction

   Environment Management and Trade

   Impact on Environment Policy on Trade

   International Environmental Regulations and Competitiveness

   Concluding Remarks

 


Part III: Policy Lessons

10.Environmental Trade Barriers and South Asian Exports: Lessons
     for National, International and Regional Action
         Nagesh Kumar and Sachin Chaturvedi

    The Context and Introduction

    Issues for Action at the National Level

    Issues for International Action

    Issues for Regional Cooperation

    Concluding Remarks

Index