Unkept Promises
Non-agricultural Market Access at the WTO: A Case Study of Apparel Trade of Bangladesh
The people of Bangladesh and their compatriots in other least developed countries were promised time and again including in Marrakesh, Singapore, Geneva, and Doha that they would enjoy better livelihood and the disadvantaged would be lifted out of poverty by "improving effective participation in the multilateral trading system" and trade ministers are "committed to addressing the marginalization of least-developed countries in international trade". The report provides an independent review of implementation vis-a-vis the commitments made in such gatherings as they again meet from December 13 to 18, 2005 to take decision on how the governments have lived up to their promises.
