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This study analyses the role that services trade liberalisation could play in fostering tourism growth in developing … be established with many different sectors, most of which are other services. Trade and investment liberalisation at the …
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This study forms part of on-going OECD work on trade in services, in co-operation with UNCTAD, aimed at assisting WTO … gaining a greater insight into the particular issues of importance in the environmental services sector and how they might be … of liberalisation of environmental services, which may lead to significant economic and environmental benefits for all …
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This study presents an exploratory analysis of export subsidies in the services field. It draws from a variety of … accurate measures of the extent and effects of export subsidies for services, provides evidence that these measures are used by … many countries in the developed and developing worlds to support a wide range of services sectors. The analysis also …
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This study forms part of on-going OECD work on trade in services, in co-operation with UNCTAD, aimed at assisting WTO … gaining a greater insight into the particular issues of importance in the legal services sector and how they might be … approached in the negotiations. While only modest liberalisation of legal services trade was achieved during the Uruguay Round …
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This article is based on a study by Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar and Robert H. McGuckin (2002a), "Changing Gear: Productivity, ICT and Service: Europe and the United States," Research Memorandum GD60, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (downloadable from http://www.eco.rug.nl/ggdc).
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share in the ICT producing sector and faster productivity growth in services industries that make intensive use of ICT …
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Both ICT-producing and ICT-using industries have contributed disproportionately to labour productivity growth in the 1990s. In this article, Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar from the University of Groningen and Robert H. McGuckin of the U.S. Conference Board compare Canada, the United States and...
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key differences between Europe and the U.S. are in the intensive ICT-using services, with U.S. productivity growth showing …-producing services, such as telecom services. …
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