contrast, Japan's FDI in the services sectors in ASEAN has been growing rapidly. The recent phenomenon of the Singapore Shift … supply services to the entire ASEAN region. The magnitude of the Singapore Shift varies for every services sub-sector. By … in Japan's FDI in the ASEAN services sectors proves interesting. The prominent strategy of Japanese companies is to …

to the internationalization stage of fulfilling Singapore's aspiration to be a global education hub. The state plays an …. Regional trading agreements can play a facilitating role for internationalization of higher education services, especially when … commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) are weak. Private education enterprises need no less …

performance of service sectors and improving access to specific services in developing countries. We show that prevailing services …, trade, and investment policies affect access to services that matter for the realization of a number of SDGs: lower trade … restrictiveness is an instrument that can enhance the performance of domestic services sectors. This implies that pursuit of the UN …

This paper uses a structural gravity model to show the effects of services policies on manufacturing exports. Whereas … services markets - we look at direct effects, namely the ability of domestic manufacturers to access services inputs on world … markets at competitive prices. Our results show that discriminatory barriers to services trade have a significant negative …

developing Asian economies in manufacturing and services over the 1995-2011 period. We find that the growth in service exports … was nearly as rapid as that in manufacturing over this period - a little-appreciated fact. Services are therefore an … measures are often comparable between manufacturing and services at a disaggregated level, although the results differ markedly …

' wealth, and trade in goods and services. The impacts of the use of credit cards, use of the internet for shopping and payment … of utility bills, and electronic transfer of funds on GDP growth, trade in goods and services, and shareholders' wealth … buying goods and services, and receiving money through digital modes during the pandemic crisis, may set off economic losses …

Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many … other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development … purposes. A more efficient services sector should mean that such goods and services can be made available to poor people more …

There are major difficulties associated with measurement of each of the four modes of services trade delivery as … defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): cross-border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence …, and movement of natural persons. The consequence is that the extent of global trade in services is hugely underestimated …

An increasing services orientation is likely to be a key feature of the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian … paper aims to present a compendium of relevant data on the state of the services sector in the ACI countries, focusing on … restrictions - the services policy environment in the ACI countries, focusing on its implications for regional and international …