Services in a Development Round : Three Goals and Three Proposals

The benefits of services trade reform are huge but services negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are making little progress. A proximate cause is the current negotiating process, based on an inertial request-and-offer approach rather than a set of goals that would give direction and mo...

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Main Author:	Mattoo, Aaditya
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGREEMENT ON TRADE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AUTONOMY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARGAINING POWER BILATERAL AGREEMENT BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS SERVICES COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COMPETITION LAW COMPLETE LIBERALIZATION CONCESSIONS COUNTRIES MUST CROSS-BORDER TRADE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPING COUNTRY POLICYMAKERS DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA DOMESTIC REGULATION DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DYNAMIC GAINS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ELIMINATING BARRIERS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN PROVIDERS FOREIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS FOREIGN SERVICES GATS GATS RULES GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH RATE HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL MIGRATION IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPROVED MARKET ACCESS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR MOBILITY LIBERAL REGIMES LIBERALIZATION COMMITMENTS LIBERALIZING COMMITMENTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS COMMITMENTS MARKET OPENING MEMBER COUNTRIES MFN MOVEMENT OF NATURAL PERSONS MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS NATIONAL TREATMENT NATIONAL TREATMENT OBLIGATION NATIONAL TREATMENT PRINCIPLE NON-DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES OPEN SERVICES MARKETS OPENNESS OUTSOURCING POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS PRO-COMPETITIVE REGULATION PROTECTIONIST POLICIES PRUDENTIAL REGULATION PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RECIPROCAL CONCESSIONS RECIPROCITY RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS RECREATIONAL SERVICES REDUCING TRANSACTIONS COSTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY FREEDOM REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY MECHANISMS REGULATORY PRINCIPLES REGULATORY REFORM SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE SUPPLIERS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES MARKETS SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS SERVICES SECTOR SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE STATE MONOPOLIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL STANDARDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LAW TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE OPENING TRADE REFORM TRADING PARTNER TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE VESTED INTERESTS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6292206/services-development-round-three-goals-three-proposals http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8271