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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Robert D.en
dc.contributor.authorPelletier, Philippeen
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Lah, Kodjoen
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Anna Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-13-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-26T12:00:53Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-26T12:00:53Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.30875/6df83117-en-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57582-
dc.description.abstractThe WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral Agreement, meaning that it comprises only a subset of the full Membership of the WTO. Currently, a number of WTO Members that are not Parties to the Agreement either are actively seeking accession to it, have commitments to accede to the GPA in their respective WTO accession protocols or are, on their own initiative, looking at the potential pros and cons of accession. In this context, there is a need for factual information concerning the potential consequences of GPA accession, and a framework to assess related benefits and costs. Of interest is both the systemic value of such accessions - i.e. the value they will add to the extent of market access commitments under the Agreement - and their potential benefits and costs for individual acceding Parties. This Working Paper introduces new sources of information relevant to these topics (principally, the statistical reports that have been circulated recently by GPA Parties) and shows their relevance to and usefulness in assessing the above-noted matters. The Paper presents estimates of the size of potential market access gains from pending and possible future GPA accessions, based on simple extrapolations from the data sources identified. Next, the Paper shows how the same data sources can assist in throwing light on the potential benefits and costs of GPA accession for individual WTO Members/countries contemplating accession. The latter use of the data is developed in the context of a more general discussion of the benefits and costs of GPA accession for individual WTO Members, also drawing on existing literature, qualitative aspects and insights from the field (i.e. our own work in advising and conducting seminars for such countries and other WTO Members).en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aWorld Trade Organization (WTO) |cGenevaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWTO Staff Working Paper |xERSD-2011-15en
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dc.subject.keywordinternational tradeen
dc.subject.keywordmarket accessen
dc.subject.keywordgovernment/public procurementen
dc.subject.keywordWTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)en
dc.subject.keywordaccessionsen
dc.subject.keywordsize of government procurement marketsen
dc.subject.keywordliberalization of procurement markets - benefits and costsen
dc.subject.keywordgood governanceen
dc.subject.stwÖffentliche Beschaffungen
dc.subject.stwWTO-Regelnen
dc.subject.stwGood Governanceen
dc.titleAssessing the value of future accessions to the WTO Agreement on Gouvenement Procurement (GPA): Some new data sources, provisional estimates, and an evaluative framework for individual WTO members considering accession-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669835951en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:wtowps:ERSD201115en

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