04330oam 22010574 450 991107925050332120260430110454.09781462349203146234920X9781455285105145528510297814519722071451972202(CKB)2560000000322999(BIP)044127675(IMF)PPIEE0062003(IMF)PPIEA0062003PPIEA0062003(DGPO)001162969(EXLCZ)99256000000032299920020129d2003 uf 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInternational Trade in Services : Implications for the Fund /Natalia Tamirisa, Alexander Lehmann, Jaroslaw WieczorekWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2003.1 online resource (25 p.) IMF Policy Discussion PapersThis paper reviews the characteristics of international trade in services and of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) framework, which was established to regulate it. Further liberalization of services trade in developing countries, as currently envisaged in the context of the WTO Doha Development Agenda, holds a number of potential benefits, such as underpinning the liberalization of goods trade, but it is also being resisted due to its potential adjustment costs. Two implications for IMF activities are examined: coherence among the three principal international economic institutions and sequencing with macroeconomic stabilization and regulatory reforms.IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ;No. 2003/006International trade in servicesExports and ImportsimfMacroeconomicsimfIndustries: ServiceimfIndustries: Financial ServicesimfInternational Economic Order and IntegrationimfEmpirical Studies of TradeimfIndustry Studies: Services: GeneralimfFinancial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and RegulationimfTrade PolicyimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfComparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit InstitutionsimfPrivatizationimfContracting OutimfInternational economicsimfFinanceimfTrade in servicesimfServices sectorimfFinancial servicesimfTrade liberalizationimfInternational tradeimfEconomic sectorsimfBalance of tradeimfService industriesimfFinancial services industryimfCommercial policyimfIndonesiaimfExports and ImportsMacroeconomicsIndustries: ServiceIndustries: Financial ServicesInternational Economic Order and IntegrationEmpirical Studies of TradeIndustry Studies: Services: GeneralFinancial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and RegulationTrade PolicyInternational Trade OrganizationsComparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit InstitutionsPrivatizationContracting OutInternational economicsFinanceTrade in servicesServices sectorFinancial servicesTrade liberalizationInternational tradeEconomic sectorsBalance of tradeService industriesFinancial services industryCommercial policyTamirisa Natalia1098414Lehmann Alexander225333Wieczorek Jaroslaw1906828DcWaIMFBOOK9911079250503321International Trade in Services4597054UNINA