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- 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....
- 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...
- Making use of the flexibility that exists under GATS
- ( South Centre , 2007)
- Developing countries should be aware of the implications of the WTO dispute settlement reports as they continue participating in WTO negotiations. One report is on gambling in the US and one is on tel...
- The Indian perspective on GATS negotiations
- ( K. Das / Centre for Trade and Development , 2006)
- In the recent past trade in services has emerged as one of the most contentious areas of the multilateral trade negotiations under the ambit of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This paper examines ...
- Have corporate interests hijacked the EU agenda on trade at the WTO?
- ( M. Vander Stichele; K. Bizzarri; L. Plank / Seattle to Brussels Network , 2006)
- A strategy of aggressive lobbying, this paper claims, is affording transnational corporations undue influence over the European Union’s trade agenda. Drawing from the EU’s own Sustainability Impact As...
- The importance of paying attention to services negotiations in the Doha round
- ( S. Sinclair / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives , 2006)
- This paper provides a critical analysis of the Doha round negotiations. In particular, the paper examines the pressure tactics of the GATS proponents. The author asserts that while there is much med...
- The privatisation of the Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System
- ( R. Fabella / Centre on Regulation and Competition, Manchester , 2006)
- This online book explores the privatisation of the Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). It presents details on how the MWSS privatisation came about and how the regulation of water emerged a...
- What determines the number of private water and sanitation projects in developing countries?
- ( O. Jensen; F. Blanc-Brude / World Bank , 2006)
- This paper uses a new dataset, "WATSAN," of private sector participation (PSP) projects for water and sanitation in developing countries to examine the determinants of the number of projects signed fo...
- How benchmarking will affect developing countries
- ( South Centre , 2005)
- This briefing paper examines ‘Benchmarking’ and other approaches such as plurilateral which have become the central focus of the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) negotiations in the WTO. ...
- The consequences of water privatisation: a strain on the poor
- ( ActionAid International , 2005)
- Poor countries are under intense pressure in the World Trade Organization's GATS negotiations to open their service markets and "progressively liberalise" key sectors – such as water delivery – to for...
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