International Trade in Services: New Trends and Opportunities for Developing Countries (Description and Table of Contents)

Olivier Cattaneo, Michael Engman, Sebastian Saez and Robert M. Stern
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Olivier Cattaneo: World Bank and Sciences Po
Sebastian Saez: World Bank
Robert M. Stern: University of Michigan
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Brian K. Kovak

No 605, Working Papers from Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan

Abstract: International trade in services also provides an assessment of how policy makers can further bolster their service industries by leveraging the changes prompted by technological advancements. The book provides policy recommendations that include the reduction of barriers to services trade across all sectors and the promotion of health- and environment-related development policies that should be promoted in parallel with a burgeoning services market. The first recommendation is considered the most important, because it focuses on the need to ensure trade openness, which helps ensure the access to services and promotes the quality of services provision through foreign and domestic competition. Moreover, the issue of temporary movement of labor is another focus of this book, given that it is one of the most important means of service exports for developing countries. This is an issue that is considered technically complex and politically sensitive because of its political and security implications. The book examines mechanisms that have been used by various countries to liberalize the temporary movement of persons and concludes that regardless of the negotiating forum- multilateral, regional, or bilateral-the policy making results on temporary movement of labor are, so far, modest and limited to a small range of categories. However, it proposes alternative ways to move forward that require further analysis by countries and relevant international organizations, including the World Bank.

Keywords: Trade; in; Services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2010-07
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