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1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : illustrations |
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World Bank e-Library.
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Assessing the potential of services trade in developing countries: an overview / Olivier Cattaneo . [and others] -- Increasing labor mobility: options for developing countries / Sherry Stephenson and Gary Hufbauer -- Legal services: does more trade rhyme with better justice? / Olivier Cattaneo and Peter Walkenhorst -- Health without borders: international trade for better health systems and services / Olivier Cattaneo -- Market structure, liberalization, and trade: the case of distribution services / Julian Arkell -- Building empires overseas: internationalization in the construction services sector / Michael Engman -- Exporting information technology services: in the footsteps of India / Michael Engman -- Accounting services: ensuring good governance, financial stability, and economic growth through trade / Olivier Cattaneo and Peter Walkenhorst -- Engineering services: how to compete in the most global of the professions / Olivier Cattaneo, Linda Schmid and Michael Engman -- Understanding trade in environmental services: key issues and prospects / Nora Carina Dihel |
| Summary |
The services sector is key to economic growth, competitiveness, and poverty alleviation. Comprising more than two-thirds of the world economy, services are now commonly traded across borders, helped by technological progress and the increased mobility of persons. In recent years, a number of developing countries have looked at trade in services as a means to both respond to domestic supply shortages and to diversify and boost exports. Any country can tap into the trade potential of services, but not every country can become a services hub across sectors. The opening of the services sector pote |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Service industries -- Developed countries
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International trade.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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International trade
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Service industries
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Unsichtbarer Handel
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Dienstleistungssektor
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Außenhandel
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Developed countries
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Entwicklungsländer
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cattaneo, Olivier
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| LC no. |
2010017084 |
| ISBN |
9780821383544 |
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082138354X |
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0821383531 |
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9780821383537 |
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1282725599 |
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9781282725591 |
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6612725591 |
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9786612725593 |
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