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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780357703321

Titolo

Moving people to deliver services / / Aaditya Mattoo and Antonia Carzaniga, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press, , [2003]

copyright 2003

ISBN

1-280-08649-1

9786610086498

0-8213-8908-4

0-8213-8365-5

0-585-46564-9

Descrizione fisica

xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Trade and development series.

Altri autori (Persone)

MattooAaditya

CarzanigaAntonia (Antonia Giulia)

Disciplina

382/.9

Soggetti

Banks and banking, International

Financial services industry - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction and Overview; Notes; References; The Economics, Law, and Policy of Mode 4; The Stakeholders' View; The Regulators' Perspective; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The WTO is today dealing with an issue that lies at the interface of two major challenges the world faces, trade liberalization and international migration. Greater freedom for the "temporary movement of individual service suppliers" is being negotiated under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conditions in many developed economies - ranging from aging populations to shortages of skilled labor - suggest that this may be a propitious time to put labor mobility squarely on the negotiating agenda. Yet there is limited awareness of how the GATS mechanism can be used to foster liber