services. Imports of goods must more or less be balanced by the export of domestically produced goods. How can a widespread …

services make to productivity improvements and living standards. Services account for more than three-quarters of national …

altogether different phenomena such as on-line purchase of services, direct foreign investment and, sometimes, all imports. We … argue that clarity requires distinguishing among these various phenomena and define outsourcing explicitly as the services … trade at arm's length that does not require geographical proximity of the buyer and the seller—the so-called Mode 1 services …

. We conclude that the last decade trade in services has increased substantially, in particular in business services. This … is also the case for foreign direct investment (in services). The level of regulation within the EU has decreased …

about state capacity in Nigeria by taking stock of economic and governance issues. Using a simple growth model, we …

investment can be measured, analyzed, and compared across countries, and that governance is key to the business environment and … investment climate. The survey findings suggest that key policy, institutional and governance indicators affect the growth of a …

topic of governance saw us fly off in many directions, and after some discussion of public sector reform processes we found … the aspects of governance, however, allows little to be studied in depth, and anyway that is not the objective of this … research project. This paper therefore begins by making clear the nature of governance generally and then how and why this …