Services Trade Policy and Sustainable Development

Matteo Fiorini
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Bernard Hoekman

No 12203, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The realization of many of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) depends on bolstering the performance of services sectors and improving access to specific services in developing countries. We show that prevailing services trade and investment policies impact on access to services that matter for the realization of a number of SDGs: lower trade restrictiveness is an instrument that can enhance the performance of domestic services sectors. An implication is that pursuit of the SDGs should include a focus on facilitating trade and investment in services.

Keywords: Trade in services; Sustainable development goals; Services trade policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 L8 O10 O24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-int
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
https://cepr.org/publications/DP12203 (application/pdf)
CEPR Discussion Papers are free to download for our researchers, subscribers and members. If you fall into one of these categories but have trouble downloading our papers, please contact us at subscribers@cepr.org

Related works:
Journal Article: Services trade policy and sustainable development (2018)
Working Paper: Services Trade Policy and Sustainable Development (2017)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12203

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
https://cepr.org/publications/DP12203

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Centre for Economic Policy Research, 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().