Publication Details:

Title:	Rural Development and the WTO Trade Talks. Report of the 1998 Arkleton Trust Seminar, Douneside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. February 1998
Authors:	Juvancic, L and Bryden, J M
Publisher:	The Arkleton Trust, Enstone, Oxon OX7 4HH
Date:	October 1998
ISBN:	0-90 6724-44-9
Price:	£6.00, including postage within Europe

Copyright in this report belongs to The Arkleton Trust. Permission is given to bone fide researchers and practitioners to quote material from the report without further reference to the copyright holder, provided always that acknowledgement of the original source is given, including any relevant secondary sources cited therein.

The Trusts publications, and further information about its activities, can be obtained from:
The Administrator, The Arkleton Trust, Enstone, Oxon OX7 4HH.
Tel. +44(0)1608 677255;   Fax. +44(0)1608 677276;
e-mail - arkleton@enstoneuk.demon.co.uk

During 1995 the Trusts Research arm, The Arkleton Trust (Research) Ltd, combined with existing research activity in rural development at the University of Aberdeen to form the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research. The centre, under the joint directorship of John Bryden and Mark Shucksmith, aims at becomming a centre of excellence in Rural Development Research. For further information on the work of this centre can be obtained from: The Arkleton Centre, St Marys, Kings College, Aberdeen AB24 3UF. Tel. +44(0)1224 273 901; Fax. +44(0)1224 273 902; e-mail - m.p.paterson@abdn.ac.uk

Acknowledgements

The Trust would like to thank:

Michael Tracy, for his excellent chairmanship of the seminar;
Luka Juvancic, for his record keeping and report drafting;
Participants for comments on an earlier draft;
Jackie Cornish for her careful editing of the report following comments from participants;
Caroline Higgs for her care and organisational skills as domestic bursar and travel agent!
Janice and Jenny Clark and Karen Patterson for a splendid evening of Scottish traditional music;
TIAEX for their support for several Eastern European participants;
The MacRobert Trust for allowing us the use of their splendid conference facilities at Douneside;
The Walter Higgs Trust for their support, without which our annual seminars would not be possible;
All of the 24 participants at the seminar who contributed to the learning experience.