trade in both goods and services, thus aiming to account for the most important channels of globalisation and dealing with … most modes of cross-border services supply. It first describes trends in trade, FDI and the four sets of policies using a … FDI. The results highlight that, despite extensive liberalisation over the past two decades, there is scope for further …

This study analyses the role that services trade liberalisation could play in fostering tourism growth in developing … be established with many different sectors, most of which are other services. Trade and investment liberalisation at the …

Baltic countries record the highest liberalisation scores for both telecommunications and banking services making their …This paper applies the most advanced methodologies for measuring services barriers to calculate the restrictiveness and … the impact of services barriers in selected transition economies, i.e. the Baltic States, and eight South Eastern European …

of liberalisation of environmental services, which may lead to significant economic and environmental benefits for all … countries. Nevertheless, liberalisation, particularly of environmental infrastructure services, must be appropriately designed …This study forms part of on-going OECD work on trade in services, in co-operation with UNCTAD, aimed at assisting WTO …

stake should the momentum of multilateral liberalisation stall; analysis at the OECD points to the risk of both major …

approached in the negotiations. While only modest liberalisation of legal services trade was achieved during the Uruguay Round …This study forms part of on-going OECD work on trade in services, in co-operation with UNCTAD, aimed at assisting WTO … gaining a greater insight into the particular issues of importance in the legal services sector and how they might be …

quantitative studies on the gains from services liberalisation. While the study is by no means comprehensive, and is subject to …, export-related gains from services liberalisation are neither the only nor the largest basis of expected gains. A large … portion of benefits from services liberalisation derive, not from seeking better market access abroad, but from the increased …

...<BR><P>Cette étude analyse les approches réglementaires dans les secteurs des services et explore leurs implications pour … mécanismes de marché, l’étude décrit l’état de la régulation des services en 1998 à partir des données récemment rassemblées par … productivité, les prix et l’innovation dans les services. Enfin, elle analyse la manière dont la régulation peut encourager la …

liberalisation in absolute terms could indeed be realised. And what is more, all nations should at present be in a position to …

political wisdom and viability of further economic liberalisation. For example, external pressures to liberalise, particularly … have led to key Chinese leaders, most notably Premier Zhu Rongji, accepting and promoting the liberalisation agenda …. Declining export growth in the wake of the financial crises in East Asia has reinvigorated the debate over liberalisation, and …