Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement … 'old' Members and countries negotiating their accession to the WTO.) Given the broad reach of of the Agreement in terms of … GATS, there should be no illusion about the scope for technical solutions to what constitutes a political and institutional …

substantial benefits that may be associated with the liberalization of services trade, the GATS has obviously not yet lived up to … lack of negotiating momentum to date. It then provides an overview of existing commitments under the GATS (by sector, mode … ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement … 'old' Members and countries negotiating their accession to the WTO.) Given the broad reach of of the Agreement in terms of … GATS, there should be no illusion about the scope for technical solutions to what constitutes a political and institutional …

The status of public services is one of the most hotly debated issues surrounding the GATS. There are two approaches to … the GATS for different organisational settings - from government monopolies to regulated and/or subsidized private … provision - that may be used by WTO Members to meet typical public service objectives. It turns out that virtually all forms of …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …; the need to make use of the WTO forum to enhance credibility and sustain domestic regulatory reform programmes; the …

This paper examines the impact of telecommunications liberalization in Africa on both sectoral performance and economic … growth. Besides unilateral measures, we account for WTO commitments fostering the credibility of reforms. Actual regulatory … reflect recent reforms. However, at the global level, adherence to the WTO Reference Paper entails lower prices. …

recent WTO Members and the negotiating results in two sectors (financial services and, in particular, basic …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …; the need to make use of the WTO forum to enhance credibility and sustain domestic regulatory reform programmes; the …