Performance Patterns of the WTO

Abstract

The evaluation of WTO decision patterns against the criteria of effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy is based on the perceptions of interview partners and surveyed member state representations. The views of those actors who are intimately involved in WTO activities serve as one set of indicators for WTO performance (see Chapter 3, I.5.d). Furthermore, factors are identified, as shown in Figure 3.1, which help explain performance patterns by promoting or impeding the attainment of effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy in the areas of trade negotiations, implementation, trade policy review, and dispute settlement.