the political resistance to trade liberalisation and structural reform, but they can also weaken the incentives to work …

decades its productivity growth has stagnated. As a result, the productivity gap of Trentino widened by over 20% compared to … regions with the same productivity level in 2000. The benchmarking of productivity drivers in Trentino with those of “peer …” regions points to several policy priorities, including: reviving productivity in tradeable sectors, also through increased …

study highlights the productivity gains from services trade liberalisation and the technological spillovers inside the … developing countries. It first explores how trade in services increases exposure to foreign technologies. The four modes of … supply of services, as defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), are closely interlinked with the main …