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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791479103321

Titolo

Trade in services negotiations : : a guide for developing countries / / edited by Sebastian Saez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010

ISBN

1-282-72569-6

9786612725692

0-8213-8411-2

Descrizione fisica

xv, 177 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in Development

Altri autori (Persone)

SáezSebastián

Disciplina

382/.45000917724

Soggetti

Service industries - Developing countries

Service industries - Law and legislation

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; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Strategic Development Role of Trade in Services; Tables; Chapter 2 Negotiating Trade in Services: A Practical Guide for Developing Countries; Boxes; Figures; Chapter 3 The Negotiation and Management of Regulations in the Trade in Services; Chapter 4 Liberalization in the Trade in Services: A Negotiation Exercise; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims at contributing to address some of the challenge that developing countries, especially the least-developing countries, face in the design of trade in service policies and to provide governments with tools to better incorporate services in their export strategies, including negotiations and cooperation with trading partners, and unilateral reforms. This book helps to identify key policy challenges faced by developing country trade negotiators, regulatory policy officials and/or service suppliers. Management of both policy reforms and trade agreements requires investments in sound