Multilateral Economic Governance
While the WTO and regional economic communities (RECs) are the primary forums through which the regional trade debate is mediated, underpinning these institutions is an established global political economy framework that is changing rapidly. This dynamic, which we could loosely capture under the rubric of ‘multilateral economic governance’, is highly contested terrain but no less relevant for it. Informal groupings such as the G7/8 leader’s forum and the G20 finance forum (now elevated to summit level) attest to the importance of small group processes in driving forward negotiations concerning multilateral economic governance matters. Such high-level forums are critical determinants of the global trade, investment, and financial regimes or ‘rules of the game’. That points to the importance of understanding how Southern African countries can participate in these processes in a meaningful manner, which in turn requires a far more sophisticated understanding of how they operate in practice.
Our particular interests in this theme concern the WTO’s the Doha Round and the future of the multilateral trading system; the interface between the emerging climate governance regime and the multilateral trading system; and South Africa’s and Africa’s interests in the G20 Heads of State process.
Multilateral Economic Governance: Publications
- Policy Briefings
- Occasional Papers
- Research Reports
- Opinion Pieces
- Additional papers and publications
Policy Briefings
Looking beyond the Doha Round: Reforming the WTO Negotiating Process
By Nkululeko Khumalo
SAIIA Policy Briefing, No 4, February 2009
Reflections on Governance Adaptation by the South in the WTO
by VincentePaolo B. Yu III
Trade Policy Briefing, No 19, January 2008
From Hong Kong to Going Wrong
by Hilton E Zunckel
Trade Policy Briefing, No 13, October 2006
Facilitating Trade in a Security Conscious World
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Trade Policy Briefing, No 9, May 2005
What future for the WTO in a changing international order?
by Razeen Sally
Trade Policy Briefing, No 3, September 2003
Smoke and Mirrors? Sub-Saharan Africa's Negotiating Position in the Doha Development Agenda through the Prism of Special and Differential Treatment
by Peter Draper & Nkululeko Khumalo
Trade Policy Briefing, No 2, September 2003
Africa's Agricultural Trade Reform and Development Options
by Frances Perkins
Trade Policy Briefing, No 1, June 2003
Occasional Papers
Whither the Multilateral Trading System? Implications for (South) Africa
by Peter Draper
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 64, July 2010
The Quest for Affordable Food: Prospects in the Doha Round for Net Food-importing Developing Countries
by Fantu Farris Mulleta
SAIIA Occasional Paper, No 54, February 2010
Research Reports
Trade futures 2014: The WTO and Southern Africa's External Trade Relations
by Tanja Hichert, Peter Draper & Philip Alves
Trade Report, No 22, July 2008
Will Chinese Trade Preferences Aid African LDCs?
by Adam Minson
Trade Report, No 19, February 2007
Southern and Eastern Africa, the Doha Agenda and Aid for Trade
by Catherine Grant
Trade Report, No 17, June 2007
South-South Economic Cooperation: The India-Brazil-South Africa Case
by Mills Soko
Trade Report, No 12, May 2006
Developing a Comprehensive IBSA Strategy on WTO Agriculture Negotiations
by Catherine Grant
Trade Report, No 11, May 2006
Developing Country Coalitions in Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Aligning the Majors?
by Peter Draper & Razeen Sally
Trade Report, No 8, November 2005
AGOA, Africa and Agriculture: South Africa’s Experience
by Matthew Stern & Nnzeni Netshitomboni
Trade Report, No 3, February 2004
This paper was supported in part by the World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Programme
Africa After Cancun: Trade Negotiations in Uncertain Times
by Development through Trade & Nepad Governance projects
Trade Report, No 2, December 2003
Opinion Pieces
What's China's Aim?
by Peter Draper
Published in Financial Mail, 20 April 2010
Ensuring southern Africa is not roasted in Copenhagen
by Peter Draper & Ivan Mbirimi
Published in Business Day, 7 December 2009
The Pittsburgh G20 Leaders Summit
by Peter Draper & Cezane Samuel
22 September 2009
Trade Talks Challenge Governments to Practical Action
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published on AllAfrica.com, 12 March 2009
Is the global food crisis over?
by Gilberto Biacuana
4 March 2009
Rising to the Protectionist Challenge
by Peter Draper
Published in Financial Mail, 25 February 2009
What should world (and African) leaders do to halt protectionism from spreading?
by SAIIA
South African Objectives in the G20 Leaders Summit
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Report, 14 November 2008
The WTO in a Changing Global Economic Order
by Peter Draper
Published in Financial Mail, 6 August 2008
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter Column - Feb 2008
by Philip Alves
Published in Business Day Exporter
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Day Exporter, 5 November 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 01 October 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 2 July 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Day Exporter, 7 May 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 2 April 2007
In search of a development agenda
by Peter Draper
Published in Business in Africa, 1 April 2007
Doha: Too early to sound the death knell?
by Peter Draper
Published in Business in Africa, 1 March 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 5 February 2007
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 4 September 2006
SA Dare Not Spoil the Doha Party
by Peter Draper & Philip Alves
Published in Business Day, 24 July 2006
The Chill Winds of Doha
by Peter Draper
Published in Mail & Guardian, 21 July 2006
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 03 July 2006
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 5 June 2006
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 3 April 2006
Why the Poor Need the WTO
by Peter Draper
Published in Mail & Guardian, 24 March 2006
Africa-China Relations Require Reality Check
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Report, 9 March 2006
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 6 March 2006
The Emperor's New Clothing Deals
by Philip Alves
Published in Business Day, 21 February 2006
What Could Be Eating Beijing?
by Philip Alves
Published in Business Day, 28 December 2005
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 5 December 2005
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 3 October 2005
A French Twist for Trade
by Peter Draper
Published in Bangkok Post, 31 August 2005
Weaning States Off Subsidies
by Nkululeko Khumalo & Analisa Bala
Published in Business Day, 19 August 2005
Development through Trade - Business Day Exporter column
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day Exporter, 1 August 2005
Lamy's Tapestry Will be Complex
by Peter Draper & Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Report, 22 May 2005
Break Down Africa's Barriers
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Day, 10 May 2005
Role of WTO misunderstood
by Peter Draper & Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Day, 8 March 2005
Armed with global support, this could be Africa's year: International Aid
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business Day, 6 January 2005
The Africa Commission - Comment
by Peter Draper
Transcript of interview on Classic FM, 17 January 2005
As China takes on a global role, will southern Africa benefit?
by Peter Draper
Published in Taipei Times, 28 December 2004
Tread lightly around China: Trade treaties
by Peter Draper
Published in Business Day, 12 October 2004
Additional papers and publications
The G20 and African Development
By Peter Draper, Catherine Grant, Christian Kingombe and Dirk Willem te Velde
This paper was prepared by ODI and SAIIA for ONE, March 2011
