may increase the quality of services, reduce their cost, and offer opportunities for knowledge spillovers to downstream … users of the services. This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment in services on manufacturing … depends on input growth and a weighted measure of foreign direct investment in services. The novelty of the approach is that …

in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual … commitments, the authors find an inverse relationship between the depth of GATS commitments and the "quality" of actual services …

share of services in GDP, employment, and international transactions. However, large differences exist across transition … economies with respect to services intensity and services policy reforms. The authors find that reforms in policies toward … financial and infrastructure services, including telecommunications, power, and transport, are highly correlated with inward …

assesses the entry, business, and trade restrictions in Tunisia's key backbone services sectors (telecommunication, banking …, air transport, accounting, auditing, and legal services) using a well-focused regulatory questionnaire. The … options on the price of services and the economy via a multi-region general equilibrium model. Finally, chapter four examines …