) are focusing on special economic zones (SEZs) for services sectors. Moreover, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is yet to … investment. It is, therefore, prudent for the country to promote services SEZs to enhance exports, investment and employment … through services-based SEZs. It discusses in details four sector-specific services SEZs, namely free trade warehousing zones …

This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of … services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory …, telecoms and financial services. Reforms targeting services that add value by favouring productivity and quality enhancements …

This report explores the relationship between services trade policies and mark-ups at the firm level, taken as a … services sectors, suggesting ample scope for pro-competitive gains from trade liberalisation. Barriers to establishment …

This report presents evidence on how services trade restrictions influence the decisions and performance of firms … Kingdom, and the United States. It first describes the patterns of services exports and affiliate sales at the firm level …, uncovering a number of stylised facts about the firms engaged in international trade in services, their choices of modes of …

Trade and investment in services are difficult to measure, and the regulatory barriers that inhibit the free flow of … services are hard to quantify. As a result, very little attention has been paid to dismantling barriers to services trade and … surveying international precedents involving Asian countries which have included services trade reforms. We then assess the …

easing residency or nationality requirements (professional services); meet competition challenges in network industries by …

easing residency or nationality requirements (professional services); meet competition challenges in network industries by …

The German trade in services continuously expands since 2001. So far unknown was the extent to which SMEs in the … percentage share to the sector's total export volume than SMEs in the manufacturing sector. Services are predominantly traded …&D-results. Exporting SMEs in the economic sectors transport, trade and business services generate on average 20 % of their total annual …

The German trade in services continuously expands since 2001. So far unknown was the extent to which SMEs in the … percentage share to the sector's total export volume than SMEs in the manufacturing sector. Services are predominantly traded …&D-results. Exporting SMEs in the economic sectors transport, trade and business services generate on average 20 % of their total annual …

Working with a mix of panel data on goods and services trade for the OECD for 1994-2004, combined with social accounts … services as inputs in manufacturing, with a particular focus on indirect exports of services through merchandise exports, and … cross-section, we also develop a set of stylized facts linking services to level of development and the density of …