International trade in services : new trends and opportunities for developing countries /

The services sector is key to economic growth, competitiveness, and poverty alleviation. Comprising more than two-thirds of the world economy, services are now commonly traded across borders, helped by technological progress and the increased mobility of persons. In recent years, a number of develop...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Cattaneo, Olivier
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Assessing the potential of services trade in developing countries: an overview / Olivier Cattaneo . [and others]
  • Increasing labor mobility: options for developing countries / Sherry Stephenson and Gary Hufbauer
  • Legal services: does more trade rhyme with better justice? / Olivier Cattaneo and Peter Walkenhorst
  • Health without borders: international trade for better health systems and services / Olivier Cattaneo
  • Market structure, liberalization, and trade: the case of distribution services / Julian Arkell
  • Building empires overseas: internationalization in the construction services sector / Michael Engman
  • Exporting information technology services: in the footsteps of India / Michael Engman
  • Accounting services: ensuring good governance, financial stability, and economic growth through trade / Olivier Cattaneo and Peter Walkenhorst
  • Engineering services: how to compete in the most global of the professions / Olivier Cattaneo, Linda Schmid and Michael Engman
  • Understanding trade in environmental services: key issues and prospects / Nora Carina Dihel.