The Unexplored Potential of Trade in Services in Africa : From Hair Stylists and Teachers to Accountants and Doctors
The book speaks volumes about the latent potential for trade in services in Africa and the regulatory hurdles that providers face in materializing such flows, and proposes concrete policy action for integrating fragmented services markets in Africa...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26590894/hair-stylists-teachers-accountants-doctors-unexplored-potential-trade-services-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24968 |
| Summary: | The book speaks volumes about the latent
potential for trade in services in Africa and the regulatory
hurdles that providers face in materializing such flows, and
proposes concrete policy action for integrating fragmented
services markets in Africa. The contributions to this volume
seek to shed some light on uncharted opportunities for
services trade in Africa, and invigorate and deepen the
discussion about the role of services in trade
diversification and economic upgrading on the continent. The
focus is on less explored areas such as informal trade in
services and trade in more sophisticated but equally
neglected sectors such as professional services, education
and health services, and services related to mining that are
rarely associated with services trade in Africa. Novel data
collection methods such as crowdsourcing and mystery
shopping, pioneering knowledge transfer practices and
experiences with innovative policy reforms applied to both
modern and traditional services sectors are explored to draw
attention to available assessment tools and policy
instruments for possible refinement and broader application
across sectors. |
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