The waves of liberalization, privatization and globalization have transformed the face of service sector in India. On account of this, service sector has witnessed massive growth in the form of innovative products, expansion of services and wider outreach. Financial services are no exception to...

The European Union (EU) and India are negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) which encompasses liberalisation and deregulation of financial services. This paper wants to raise policy issues that run much deeper than the current liberalisation debate and consider who will benefit and who will...

Services play a key role in enhancing competitiveness of manufacturing and establishing global value chains. Realising the importance of services, a number of countries such as China, Taiwan, Philippines and United Arab Emirates (UAE, Dubai) are focusing on special economic zones (SEZs) for...