00950nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000245009000018260002500108300001600133520064900149583001700798650002500815  a09.05.07 U581  aTurning losses into gains : SIDS and multilateral trade liberalisation in agriculture  bUNaNew YorkUSc2003  axii, 249 p.  aExamines the pattern of agricultural trade of SIDS in the world market.  Assesses the impact of continued multilateral agricultural liberalization on SIDS using UNCTAD's Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM).  Provides an empirical examination of the impact of 'small-islandness' on the agricultural trading environment of SIDS.  Identifies what types of rules, or 'modalities' are desirable from their own trade and development perspective in the continuing process of multilateral agricultural liberalization.  Presents four cases studies covering the Indian Ocean islands, the Pacific islands, the Windward Islands and Barbados.  c5/4/04kJOYD  aTRADE LIBERALIZATION