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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789709403321

Titolo

Exporting services : : a developing country perspective / / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastian Saez, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012

ISBN

1-283-37188-X

9786613371881

0-8213-8823-1

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 379 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Trade and development series

Altri autori (Persone)

GoswamiArti Grover <1978->

MattooAaditya

SáezSebastián

Disciplina

382/.4500091724

Soggetti

Service industries - Developing countries

Foreign trade regulation

Free trade

Developing countries Commerce

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

CONTENTS; About the Editors and Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Exporting Services: A Developing-Country Perspective; 2 Service Exports: Are the Drivers Different for Developing Countries?; 3 A Cross-Country Analysis of Service Exports: Lessons from India; 4 Reaching the World through Private Sector Initiative: Service Exports from the Philippines; 5 Exploring Niches for Exporting: The Case of Malaysia; 6 Unexploited Potential: The Case of Egypt; 7 Becoming a Global Exporter of Business Services? The Case of Kenya; 8 Underlying Lessons: Service Exports from Brazil

9 The Elusive Road to Service Export Diversification: The Case of Chile Index; Boxes; 1.1 Defining Commercial Services; 4.1 Exporting Services through the Movement of Labor: The Pattern; 6.1 Case Studies of Successful Outsourcing Firms; 6.2 ITIDA Programs; 7.1 Description of Export Transactions; 7.2 Kenyan Services Exporters' and Innovators' Success Stories: KenCall, Txteagle, Ushahidi, and Safaricom; 7.3 The Experience of South Africa in ITeS Exports; 9.1 Assessing the



Performance of Chile's Service Exports: An Econometric Illustration; 9.2 Hidden Service Exports

9.3 The Importance of Developing Credible Services and Service Providers Figures; 1.1 Partial Correlation between Service Exports and Human Capital and Electronic Infrastructure, 2007; 2.1 Service Exports: A Comparison across Income Groups, 2000-08; 2.2 Human Capital and Service Exports, 2007; 3.1 Agriculture, Industry, and Services as a Share of India's GDP, 1950-2010; 3.2 Average Annual Growth Rates in India, by Sector, 1951-2009; 3.3 Service Sector's Share of India's GDP and Log Per Capita Income, by Sector, 1950-2006; 3.4 Manufacturing Sector's Share of GDP and Per Capita Income, 1950-2006

3.5 Service Activities in Groups 1, 2, and 3 as a Share of GDP, 1950-2008 3.6 Per Capita Service Output and Tertiary Education across Indian States, 1980-2000 Averages; 3.7 Importance of Service Exports in Aggregate Exports, 1970-2009; 3.8 RCA in Disaggregate Services, 1980-2010; 3.9 Composition of India's Software Service Exports, 2002/03 and 2007/08; 3.10 India's Outward FDI, by Sector, 1970-2007; 3.11 Ownership Structure of India's Outward FDI, 1970-2007; 3.12 India's OCS Exports, Actual versus Predicted, 1990-2010; 3.13 Export Growth from STP Units, 2000-09

4.1 Growth in Exports of Goods and Services, 1999-20094.2 Information and Business Services as a Proxy for BPO, 1999-2009; 4.1.A Remittances in the Philippines Compared with Neighboring Countries, 1980-2010; 4.1.B New Deployment by Occupation and Gender, 2007; 4.1.C New Deployment by Skill Category, 1995-2007; 4.3 Comparative Financial Attractiveness Scores, 2011; 4.4 Correlation between International Visitor Arrivals and Tourism Export Receipts, 1990-2009; 4.5 Comparative Analyses of TTCI Rankings, 2009; 4.6 Marketing Effectiveness, 2008

5.1 Value of Manufactured Exports and Transport Service Exports, 1995-2008

Sommario/riassunto

The past two decades have seen exciting changes with developing countries emerging as exporters of services. Technological developments now make it easier to trade services across borders. But other avenues are being exploited: tourists visit not just to sightsee but also to be treated and educated, service providers move abroad under innovative new schemes, and some developing countries defy traditional notions by investing abroad in services.""Exporting Services: A Developing Country Perspective"" takes a brave approach, combining exploratory econometric analysis with detailed case studies