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Expect the Unexpected? LDC GATS Commitments as Internationally Credible Policy Indicators? The Example of Mali
World Trade Organization - 2011
There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012883520
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The evolution of services trade policy since the great recession
World Trade Organization - 2020
Are changes in services markets provoking reform, restrictions, or inertia? To address this question, we draw upon a new World Bank-WTO Services Trade Policy Database (STPD) to analyse the services trade policies of 68 economies in 23 subsectors across five broad areas—financial services,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884408
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The Impact of Services Liberalization on Education : Evidence from India
World Trade Organization - 2021
This paper studies the impact of services liberalization on education and the gender education gap at the district level in India. We focus on the time period 1987 to 1999 and three services sectors - banking, insurance and telecommunications - which were all state monopolies, have been heavily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884434
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African perspectives on trade and the WTO : domestic reforms, structural transformation, and global economic integration
Low, Patrick (ed.); Osakwe, Chiedu (ed.);  … - China Round Table <4., 2015, Nairobi> - 2016 - First published
/ Fatima Haram Acyl -- Economic diversification in Africa's number one economy / Okechukwu E. Enelamah -- Trade, investment and … Alamy -- Building capacity in Africa to facilitate integration into global value chains : contributions from the ITC … -- Rising Africa in world trade? A story of traditional commodities and new products / Michael Finger -- Trade policy trends in …
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African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO : Domestic Reforms, Structural Transformation and Global Economic Integration
World Trade Organization - 2016
Twenty-first century Africa is in a process of economic transformation, but challenges remain in areas such as … as how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the rules-based multilateral trading system and the global economy. It … provides a range of perspectives on the future of the multilateral trading system and Africa's participation in global trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012883197
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African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO : Domestic Reforms, Structural Transformation and Global Economic Integration
World Trade Organization - 2016
Twenty-first century Africa is in a process of economic transformation, but challenges remain in areas such as … as how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the rules-based multilateral trading system and the global economy. It … provides a range of perspectives on the future of the multilateral trading system and Africa's participation in global trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544436
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Tying Governments' Hands in Commodity Taxation
World Trade Organization - 1998
In the 1970s, taxation of "windfall" profits from primary products and intervention in trade and production tempted governments into expansionary fiscal policies, whilst stifling the private sector and depressing growth. However, the experience of the recent coffee boom has so far been more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884297
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International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services : Economic Impact and Policy Responses during the COVID-19 Crisis
World Trade Organization - 2020
In this paper, we investigate tourism-related policy approaches that WTO member countries adopted in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We highlight the need for stakeholders to coordinate their responses in order to mitigate the negative crisis effects and better prepare the sector for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882830
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Opening markets in financial services and the role of the GATS
Kono, Masamichi (contributor) - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000660298
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Opening markets for trade in services : countries and sectors in bilateral and WTO negotiations
Marchetti, Juan A. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769807