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, G8 Research Group, 2000

APPENDIX (continued)

Table 1: Levels of Ambition

Table 1.1: Levels of Ambition, Lyon 1996

Levels of Ambition*	Holding/Changing Status Quo (0 or 1)	Genal/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.

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Table 1.2: Levels of Ambition, Denver 1997

Levels of Ambition	Holding/Changing Status Quo (0 or 1)	Genal/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)
Denver 1997
International Trade
1. WTO Membership	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.5
2. Policy Coordination	0	0	0	0	0	0
3. Market Accessibility	1	0	0	0	0	1
4. LDC Trade Integration	0	0	0	0	0	0
5. Effectiveness of WTO Plan	0	0	0	0	0	0
6. Export Control Regimes	0	0	0	0	0	0
7. WTO Agenda	1	1	0	0	1	3
Average						0.250
Debt Relief
1. Partnership for Development	1	1	0	0	0	2
2. LDC Political Reforms	0	1	0	0	0	1
3. Development Aid Review	0	0	0	0	0	0
4. Development Assistance	0	1	0	0	0	1
5. Development Assistance	0	1	0	0	0	1
6. Donor Coordination	0	0	0	0	0	0
7. UN Development Funds	0	0	0	0	0	0
8. UN Development Programme	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.50
Average						0.688

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Table 1.3: Levels of Ambition, Birmingham 1998

Levels of Ambition	Holding/Changing Status Quo (0 or 1)	Genal/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)
Birmingham 1998
International Trade
1. OECD Tax Recommendations	0	0	0	0	0	0
2. Non-OECD Dialogue	0	0	0	0	0	0
3. Customs Procedures	1	1	1	0	0	3
4. Customs Procedures	1	1	1	0	0	3
5. World Customs Organization	0	0	0	0	0	0
6. LLR Initiative	0.5	1	0	0	0	1.5
7. Regional Market Integration	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.5
8. WTO LDC Plan of Action	0	0	0	0	0	0
9. Electronic Commerce	1	0	0	0	1	2
10. Electronic Services	0.5	1	0	0	0	1.5
Average						1.150
Debt Relief
1. Development Assistance	0	1	0	0	0	1
2. HIPC Initiative	1	1	1	0	0	3
3. Export Credit Agencies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Average						1.333

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Table 1.4: Levels of Ambition, Cologne 1999

Levels of Ambition	Holding/Changing Status Quo (0 or 1)	Genal/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)
Cologne 1999
International Trade
1. Protectionism	1	0	0	0	0	1
2. WTO Membership	1	0	0	0	0	1
3. WTO Transparency	0	0	0	0	1	1
4. Seattle Round	0	0	0	0	1	1
5. WTO Effectiveness	1	0	0	0	0	1
6. Seattle Round	0	1	1	0	1	3
7. Seattle Round	0	1	0	0	0	1
8. Market Access	0	0	0	0	0	0
9. Policy Coordination	1	0	0	0	0	1
10. Trade Biotechnology	1	1	0	0	1	3
11. Trade Development	1	1	0	0	0	2
Average						1.364
Debt Relief
1. LDC Assistance	0	1	0	0	0	1
2. ODA Assistance	1	1	0	0	0	2
3. ODA Assistance	1	1	0	0	0	2
4. OECD Aid	0	1	1	0	0	2
5. Koln Debt Initiative	1	1	0	0	1	3
Average						2.000

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