Documents & Reports
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Reforming Services Trade Policies for Development : Services Trade Policy Commitments - Inventory of Non-Conforming Measures in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) (English)
Services - ranging from transport and telecommunications to health and education - account for an overwhelming share of overall economic activities, generating more than two-thirds of gross domestic product...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 158893 Document Date: February 24, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Echandi,Roberto,Bulatnikova,Alena,Jonetzko,Giulia Ursula,Quraishi,Fatima Anjum
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International Agreements on Trade in Services Negotiated by Brazil : To What Extent are They Contributing to Efforts of the Federal Government to Foster Progressive Liberalization (English)
Despite its increasing importance worldwide, trade in services remains to be less transparent, more restrictive and more procedurally burdensome than trade in goods. Brazil’s significant evolution in the...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 158896 Document Date: February 5, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Echandi,Roberto
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Techniques to Enable Gradual Liberalization : Differentiating Between Roll Back, Standstill and Ratchet Mechanisms and Relevance for the AfCFTA Negotiations (English)
This study focuses on analyzing the different international agreements regulating trade in services in Africa. From the outset, this study recognizes that the gradual liberalization of trade in services...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 158897 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Echandi,Roberto
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Update and Extension of the Services Trade Restrictiveness Database (English)
This note describes how the Services Trade Restrictiveness Database (STRD) has been updated and expanded to African countries which have been traditionally underserved by the database. In addition, and...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 158898 Document Date: December 14, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bulatnikova,Alena,Echandi,Roberto,Gillson,Ian John Douglas,Jonetzko,Giulia Ursula,Qurashi,Fatima
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Reforming Services Trade Policies for Development : Reform Oriented Operational Support - To What Extent do International Trade Agreements on Services are Contributing to Government’s Efforts to Foster Progressive Liberalization? : The Case of Brazil (English)
A fundamental function of international trade agreements concerns the national political economy arena. In the field of international trade in services, the need for sound and long-term policies becomes...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 158894 Document Date: December 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed