Services Profiles 2015 provides key statistics on “infrastructure services”, i.e. transportation, telecommunications …

Services Profiles 2014 provides key statistics on “infrastructure services”, i.e. transportation, telecommunications … investment statistics and quantitative indicators largely sourced from international/regional organizations and specialized …

Services Profiles 2013 provides statistics on key “infrastructure services”, i.e. transportation, telecommunications … investment (FDI) statistics and quantitative indicators largely sourced from international/regional organizations and specialized …

This paper explores the role of producer services and ICT on international outsourcing. The motivation for outsourcing … therefore argue that international outsourcing can best be understood within an analysis framework of many suppliers that are … interdependent, and the O-ring theory of production is such a theory. The paper first presents and modifies this model and then …

“Investing in Skills for Inclusive Trade”, co-published by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International … responsiveness of skills supply to demand is particularly important. Given the role of skills in productivity and in trade …

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of … in low-cost countries will only have an incentive to upgrade quality if adequately efficient infrastructure, logistics …, the sector in which vertical specialization is most prominent. It appears that vertical specialization adds to total world …