Trade in services
- Privatisation of essential services: marginalising strategy or crucial for market efficiency?
- Since 1980, there has been increasing pressure from donors and the International Finance Institutions - chiefly the IMF and World Bank - for governments to privatise and decentralise state-run functions. The arguments are largely polarised between those who view water as a public good and see its privatisation as inevitably resulting in reduced access for poor and vulnerable people. At the other end of the spectrum are those who promote the market benefits of water liberalisation, seeing the industry as a site for economic growth, leading to employment and improved health and technology. Here we present papers from various institutions whose positions fall differently along this spectrum.
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- Liberalising services to generate both growth and employment in developing countries
- ( S. Karmakar / Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations , 2008)
- Services have become the main source of growth in even the lowest income developing countries. ...
- Is the retail carbon offset market living up to its potential?
- ( M.,C. Trexler;L., H. Kosloff;K. Silon / The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace , 2008)
- Based on an initiative taken by two environmentally minded entrepreneurs, there is now a long line of efforts to encourage individuals and companies to go partially or entirely “carbon neutral&r...
- Preferential market opening in services likely to be less harmful for the multilateral trading system than other PTAs
- ( C. Fink / Groupe d'Economie Mondiale , 2008)
- To examine preferential services liberalisation and its consequences for the multilateral trading system, this paper: ...
The World Bank's strategy for implementing Payment for Environmental Services (PES)
- ( S. Pagiola;G. Platais / Environment Department, World Bank , 2008)
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The valuable environmental services provided by natural ecosystems are too often lost as a result of mismanagement and lack of incentives to preserve them. Helping countries find innovative solutio...
- Barriers to trade in higher education services in Asia-Pacific countries
- ( A. Raychaudhuri;P. De / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2007)
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Discusses prominent examples of trade in education services from across developing countries Asia and Pacific Region and measures selected barriers through panel data modelling (PDM) analysis....
- Negotiator's guide to trade in services
- ( South Centre , 2007)
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African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are in the midst of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) negotiations with the European Union (EU). Trade in services is renowned as one of the most ...
- What is the impact of trade rules on education?
- ( N.V. Varghese / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO , 2007)
- This paper analyses the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on education systems in developing countries such as Vietnam. It discusses mechanisms for regulating cross-bor...
- Cost and benefits of proposed FTA
- ( Third World Network , 2007)
- It is generally recognised that bilateral agreements, especially between a developing and a developed country, are not the best option and that multilateral negotiations and agreements are preferable....
- India’s economy goes with the flow
- ( C. Veeramani / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2007)
- What role have liberalisation policies had on India’s exports growth? This paper examines the response of the country’s exports to reforms in domestic policy and changes in world demand. I...
- Negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements in the African Caribbean and Pacific countries
- ( South Centre , 2007)
- This policy brief reviews the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations. It focuses on some of the Trade-Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) implications of EPAs and...
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