A critique of the Pacific EPA Sustainability Impact Assessment

Dearden, Stephen J.H. (2005) A critique of the Pacific EPA Sustainability Impact Assessment. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In 1999 the EC launched its Sustainability Impact Assessment Programme, which had as its goal the integration of sustainability concerns into the development of trade policy. It was to include the development of a methodological framework by the University of Manchester (IDPM) for assessing the sustainability impact of trade agreements, together with studies to inform the ¿Doha Round¿ negotiations of the WTO. This paper considers the application of the IDPM methodology to the SIA being undertaken by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) for the current EPA negotiations in the Pacific region of the ACP.