Policy barriers to international trade in services : evidence from a new database (English)

Surprisingly little is known about policies that affect international trade in services. Previous analyses have focused on policy commitments made by countries in international agreements but these commitments do not in many cases reflect actual policy. This paper describes a new initiative to collect comparable information on services trade policies for 103 countries, across a range of service sectors and the relevant modes of service delivery. The...

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Borchert,Ingo;

Gootiiz,Batshur;

Mattoo,Aaditya;
Document Date
2012/06/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6109
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/06/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Policy barriers to international trade in services : evidence from a new database
Keywords
International Trade in Services

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Borchert,Ingo; Gootiiz,Batshur; Mattoo,Aaditya.

Policy barriers to international trade in services : evidence from a new database (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6109 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277401468331247210

Policy barriers to international trade in services : evidence from a new database (English)

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