Key Features:Integrates analytical, empirical and policy insights from both academic and government perspectivesCovers policy reform, policy forums, and what it takes politically to achieve reformGives critical insights into the future of trade negotiations more generally.

This book presents a state-of-the-art evaluation of the benefits and costs of behind-the-border services reform. It introduces new, second-generation methods for quantifying regulatory barriers and applies those methods to a wide range of services sectors - financial, infrastructure and social -...