Elliot (of both the Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development) seeks to answer three questions about the agricultural liberalization agenda begun at the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization: what are the obstacles to a successful agreement, what are the likely distributional consequences of such an agreement, and what would a good agreement look like from the perspective of developing countries? In attempting to answer these questions, she explores the mechanisms used by rich countries to protect their agricultural products and their resistance to reform, the implications of current trade patterns involving developing countries for potential distributional effects, and presents her own recommendations on the elements of a potential agreement. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
