Publisher's Synopsis
About the Book Successful trade policy governance requires effective interministerial coordination of policy making. Governments, be they developed or developing, need to know how to integrate trade theory, public management, economic and social policy and international relations. Such interdisciplinary mastery necessitates effective coordination between ministries and government agencies responsible for a country's trade performance such as the ministries of trade, economics, industry, agriculture, foreign affairs, commerce and other sector ministries. Scholars and practitioners agree to this observation but little has been written about how governments organise trade policy making. Developing and transition countries and especially Least Developed Countries are in need of knowledge about how to organise effective Inter-ministerial Coordination (IMC). This book offers relevant theory and case examples for government officials and researchers focusing on trade governance and trade performance. The final annotated bibliography section offers discussions on 47 publications related to IMC and trade governance topics giving interested scholars and practitioners additional resources to deepen their research or to support policy making at national level or for policy makers in international organizations and development agencies. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Prefaces Introduction Concepts and Theory of IMC IMC in OECD Countries IMC in the Developing Countries IMC in Transition Countries IMC in the context of trade, environment and governance Case Studies in Trade Policy Formulation and IMC from Eastern Europe and Central Asia Policy Recommendations Summary and Conclusion References Annotated Bibliography About the Author(s)/Editor(s) Raymond Saner is a professor at the University of Basel and Sciences Po, Paris. He teaches trade and development for Developing, Transition and Least Developed Countries in the Context of Multi-Actor - Multi-Policy Governance. He has extensively published on trade capacity building, multilateral trade and public adminstrative reform.
