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Compliance with G8 Commitments:
Ascertaining the degree of compliance With Summit debt and international trade commitments
For Canada and the United States 1996-1999

Diana Juricevic
POL 495Y
Professor John J. Kirton
Department of Political Science
Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto

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APPENDIX
Table 1.1: Levels of Ambition: Lyon 1996

 

Levels of Ambition*

Holding/Changing Status Quo (0 or 1) General/Specific Measure (0 or 1) Target and Timetable?(0 or 1) Using/Creating Institutions (0 or 1) Old/New Agenda (0 or 1) Score (x/5)

Lyon 1996

           

International Trade

           

1. Trade Credibility

0

0

0

0

0

0

2. LDC Integration

1

0

0

0

0

1

3. Uruguay Round Compliance

0

1

0

0

0

1

4. WTO Membership

0.5

0

0

0

1

1.5

5. Uruguay and LDC

1

0

0

0

0

1

6. Uruguay Round Implementation

1

1

1

0

0

3

7. WTO Agenda

1

1

0

0

1

3

8. Market Access

1

1

0

0

1

3

9. Customs Procedures

1

0

0

0

0

1

Average

         

1.611

Debt Relief

           

1. ESAF Financing

0

0

0

0

0

0

2. Naples Terms

1

1

1

0

0

3

3. Access to Development Assistance

0

1

0

0

0

1

4. Global Partnership for Development

1

1

0

0

1

3

Average

         

1.750

*The terms "Holding/Changing Status Quo", "General/Specific Measure", "Target and Timetable", "Using/Creating Institutions", and "Old/New Agenda" are used to rank the commitments according to their level of ambition based on a 5-level measurement process defined in the encoding manual.

 

Table 2.1: Levels of Significance: Lyon 1996

 

Levels of Significance*

Ambition (x/5)

Novelty (x/2)

Timeliness (1 or 0)

Scope (x/2)

Score (x/10)

Lyon 1996

         

International Trade

         

1. Trade Credibility

0

0

1

2

3

2. LDC Integration

1

1

1

2

5

3. Uruguay Round Compliance

1

0

1

2

4

4. WTO Membership

1.5

2

1

2

6.5

5. Uruguay and LDC

1

1

1

1

4

6. Uruguay Round Implementation

3

1

1

1

6

7. WTO Agenda

2.5

2

1

2

7.5

8. Market Access

3

2

1

2

8

9. Customs Procedures

1

1

1

0

3

Average

       

5.222

Debt Relief

         

1. ESAF Financing

0

0

1

1

2

2. Naples Terms

3

1

1

1

6

3. Access to Development Assistance

1

0

1

0

2

4. Global Partnership for Development

3

2

1

1

7

Average

       

4.250

*The terms "Ambition", "Novelty", "Timeliness", and "Scope" are used to rank the commitments according to their level of significance based on a multi-level measurement process defined in the encoding manual.

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