China and the WTO : Accession, Policy Reform, and Poverty Reduction Strategies

China and the WTO analyzes the nature of the reforms involved in Chinas accession to the WTO, assesses their implications for the world economy, and examines the implications for individual households, particularly the poor. Its key objective is to provide the information that will allow policy makers to implement WTO commitments and formulate supporting policies to contribute strongly to economic development and poverty reduction.

Deepak Bhattasali, Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Development, World Bank, Beijing Shantong Li, Director, Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China, Beijing Will Martin, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Kym Anderson, Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Min Chang, Graduate Student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis Shaohua Chen, Senior Information Officer, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Christopher Findlay, Professor, Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Canberra Joseph F. Francois, Professor, Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam, and Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London Jeffrey L. Gertler, Legal Affairs Division and former Secretary, Working Party on the Accession of China, World Trade Organization, Geneva Thomas W. Hertel, Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, and Executive Director, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Jikun Huang, Director and Professor, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy Institute for Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Athar Hussain, Department of Economics, London School of Economics, London Elena Ianchovichina, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Wenping Luo, Professor, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai Keith E. Maskus, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder Aaditya Mattoo, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Patrick A. Messerlin, Professor of Economics, Institutes d'Etudes Politiques, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences Po, Paris Debbie Mrongowius, Independent Researcher, Shanghai Mari Pangestu, Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta Martin Ravallion, Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Scott Rozelle, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis Terry Sicular, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Dean Spinanger, Professor, Institute for World Economics, Kiel University, Kiel Zhi Wang, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Chen Xiwen, Vice President (Vice Minister), Development Research Center of the State Council, Beijing Fan Zhai, Department of Policy and Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Beijing Yaohui Zhao, Professor of Economics, Beijing University, Beijing