balanced growth in which the service and industry sectors support and reinforce each other. As services tend to be more labor …

export of services is less than that of the People’s Republic of China, and exports are competitive in only a few services … and are concentrated in a few markets. Most of the poor in India do not have access to basic services such as healthcare … employability. Policy measures are suggested for inclusive growth that will also enhance India’s global competitiveness in services. …

sector. In light of the Republic of Korea’s high income and development level, the poor performance of modern services is of …

economic development. The share of employment in services is still lagging behind that of output and is also below the … international norm. Moving from traditional services to modern business services has been the focus in recent decades, but the …

, somewhat surprisingly in light of the difficulty of achieving productivity gains in services, we also find that services labor …

outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low …

in business services. Developing Asia would benefit from liberalizing services trade as it has benefited from … liberalizing goods trade. This argument rests on these key findings: business services are important for growth, developing Asia is … relatively under- endowed with business services, many business services are tradable, and developing Asia has relatively high …

The Philippines is often referred to as a country from which export of services rather than manufactured goods is the … other modern services in urban areas. Second is expanding tourism to foster economic development across social groups and …; and education, healthcare, financial, legal, and public administration services and more generally the overall business …