This study was conducted in three South Asian countries viz: India, Bangladesh and Nepal. In order to gain insights into the trade in health services in India, the study examines the opinions of patients, hospitals owners and doctors involved in this service trade. A total of 190 foreign...

This study aims to assess barriers to service trade in the education, health, telecom, transport and travel and tourism sectors of selected South Asian economies such as India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, including both trade and domestic restrictions. The analysis is focused on...

South Asian countries are having a large intra-regional trade in services. However, a large part of services trade in the region is informal, whereas the formal services trade faces a large number of barriers – implicit or otherwise. The measurement of barriers to trade in services, and the...