Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN
Can regionalism do what multilateralism has so far failed to do—promote greater openness of services markets? Although previous research has pointed to the wider and deeper legal commitments under regional agreements as proof that it can, no previo...
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okr-10986-234622021-04-23T14:04:15Z Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya CAPITALS ARCHITECTS EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FINANCIAL SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT SERVICES ACCOUNTING AIRPORT SLOTS DEPOSITS TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS AIR SERVICES PASSENGERS AIRPORT PRINCIPAL SHOPS INTEREST RUNWAY LAWS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY SERVICES PREFERENTIAL JOURNEY MINISTER HEALTH PROJECT CARRIERS TRAFFIC LOBBYING ROUTES CITIES AIRPORTS ALTERNATIVE MODES AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES TELEPHONE SERVICES MINISTERS TRAFFIC VOLUME LABOR MARKET MARKET ENTRY ROAD COSTS AIR TRAVEL TRAINING AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM AGREEMENTS MOBILITY PUBLIC SAFETY MONOPOLY CRITERIA MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS TRUE CONFIDENCE AIR CARGO LABOR LOANS AIR TRAFFIC FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AIR FREIGHT BANKS AIR PASSENGER SERVICE EQUITY INITIATIVES CONGESTION RAIL FREIGHT TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTABILITY ARCHITECTURE CAPITAL RETAIL BANKING POLICIES REGIONALISM TRANSPARENCY DISCRETION DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION SUBSIDIARIES VALUE PASSENGER SERVICE BANK AIR MARKET CREDIT POPULATION DENSITY CAPITALIZATION SIGNALS LABOR MOBILITY MARKET RAILWAY POLICY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT SUBSIDIARY INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INSURANCE MICROFINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AIR TRANSPORT LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENT RAIL BANKING FACILITIES LAW INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS INTERNATIONAL LAW LENDING TRANSPORT MARKETS COMMUNITY AGREEMENT AIR SERVICE AIR PASSENGER HOSPITALS BANK BRANCHES ROAD TRANSPORT GOVERNMENTS SAFETY REMEDY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PASSENGER TRANSPORT HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE FREIGHT AUDITING ENGINEERS Can regionalism do what multilateralism has so far failed to do—promote greater openness of services markets? Although previous research has pointed to the wider and deeper legal commitments under regional agreements as proof that it can, no previous study has assessed the impact of such agreements on applied policies. This paper focuses on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where regional integration of services markets has been linked to thriving regional supply chains. Drawing on surveys conducted in 2008 and 2012 of applied policies in the key services sectors of ASEAN countries, the paper assesses the impact of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and the ambitious ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint, which envisaged integrated services markets by 2015. The analysis finds that over this period, ASEAN did not integrate faster internally than vis-à-vis the rest of the world: policies applied to trade with other ASEAN countries were virtually the same as those applied to trade with rest of the world. Moreover, the recent commitments scheduled under AFAS did not produce significant liberalization and, in a few instances, services trade policy actually became more restrictive. The two exceptions are in areas that are not on the multilateral negotiating agenda: steps have been taken toward creating regional open skies in air transport, and a few mutual recognition agreements have been negotiated in professional services. These findings suggest that regional negotiations add the most value when they are focused on areas that are not being addressed multilaterally. 2015-12-18T21:30:43Z 2015-12-18T21:30:43Z 2015-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25470521/regionalism-services-study-asean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23462 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7498 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia |
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CAPITALS ARCHITECTS EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FINANCIAL SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT SERVICES ACCOUNTING AIRPORT SLOTS DEPOSITS TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS AIR SERVICES PASSENGERS AIRPORT PRINCIPAL SHOPS INTEREST RUNWAY LAWS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY SERVICES PREFERENTIAL JOURNEY MINISTER HEALTH PROJECT CARRIERS TRAFFIC LOBBYING ROUTES CITIES AIRPORTS ALTERNATIVE MODES AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES TELEPHONE SERVICES MINISTERS TRAFFIC VOLUME LABOR MARKET MARKET ENTRY ROAD COSTS AIR TRAVEL TRAINING AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM AGREEMENTS MOBILITY PUBLIC SAFETY MONOPOLY CRITERIA MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS TRUE CONFIDENCE AIR CARGO LABOR LOANS AIR TRAFFIC FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AIR FREIGHT BANKS AIR PASSENGER SERVICE EQUITY INITIATIVES CONGESTION RAIL FREIGHT TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTABILITY ARCHITECTURE CAPITAL RETAIL BANKING POLICIES REGIONALISM TRANSPARENCY DISCRETION DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION SUBSIDIARIES VALUE PASSENGER SERVICE BANK AIR MARKET CREDIT POPULATION DENSITY CAPITALIZATION SIGNALS LABOR MOBILITY MARKET RAILWAY POLICY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT SUBSIDIARY INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INSURANCE MICROFINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AIR TRANSPORT LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENT RAIL BANKING FACILITIES LAW INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS INTERNATIONAL LAW LENDING TRANSPORT MARKETS COMMUNITY AGREEMENT AIR SERVICE AIR PASSENGER HOSPITALS BANK BRANCHES ROAD TRANSPORT GOVERNMENTS SAFETY REMEDY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PASSENGER TRANSPORT HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE FREIGHT AUDITING ENGINEERS |
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CAPITALS ARCHITECTS EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FINANCIAL SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT SERVICES ACCOUNTING AIRPORT SLOTS DEPOSITS TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS AIR SERVICES PASSENGERS AIRPORT PRINCIPAL SHOPS INTEREST RUNWAY LAWS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY SERVICES PREFERENTIAL JOURNEY MINISTER HEALTH PROJECT CARRIERS TRAFFIC LOBBYING ROUTES CITIES AIRPORTS ALTERNATIVE MODES AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES TELEPHONE SERVICES MINISTERS TRAFFIC VOLUME LABOR MARKET MARKET ENTRY ROAD COSTS AIR TRAVEL TRAINING AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM AGREEMENTS MOBILITY PUBLIC SAFETY MONOPOLY CRITERIA MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS TRUE CONFIDENCE AIR CARGO LABOR LOANS AIR TRAFFIC FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AIR FREIGHT BANKS AIR PASSENGER SERVICE EQUITY INITIATIVES CONGESTION RAIL FREIGHT TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTABILITY ARCHITECTURE CAPITAL RETAIL BANKING POLICIES REGIONALISM TRANSPARENCY DISCRETION DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION SUBSIDIARIES VALUE PASSENGER SERVICE BANK AIR MARKET CREDIT POPULATION DENSITY CAPITALIZATION SIGNALS LABOR MOBILITY MARKET RAILWAY POLICY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT SUBSIDIARY INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INSURANCE MICROFINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AIR TRANSPORT LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENT RAIL BANKING FACILITIES LAW INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS INTERNATIONAL LAW LENDING TRANSPORT MARKETS COMMUNITY AGREEMENT AIR SERVICE AIR PASSENGER HOSPITALS BANK BRANCHES ROAD TRANSPORT GOVERNMENTS SAFETY REMEDY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PASSENGER TRANSPORT HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE FREIGHT AUDITING ENGINEERS Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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Can regionalism do what multilateralism
has so far failed to do—promote greater openness of services
markets? Although previous research has pointed to the wider
and deeper legal commitments under regional agreements as
proof that it can, no previous study has assessed the impact
of such agreements on applied policies. This paper focuses
on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where
regional integration of services markets has been linked to
thriving regional supply chains. Drawing on surveys
conducted in 2008 and 2012 of applied policies in the key
services sectors of ASEAN countries, the paper assesses the
impact of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS)
and the ambitious ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint, which
envisaged integrated services markets by 2015. The analysis
finds that over this period, ASEAN did not integrate faster
internally than vis-à-vis the rest of the world: policies
applied to trade with other ASEAN countries were virtually
the same as those applied to trade with rest of the world.
Moreover, the recent commitments scheduled under AFAS did
not produce significant liberalization and, in a few
instances, services trade policy actually became more
restrictive. The two exceptions are in areas that are not on
the multilateral negotiating agenda: steps have been taken
toward creating regional open skies in air transport, and a
few mutual recognition agreements have been negotiated in
professional services. These findings suggest that regional
negotiations add the most value when they are focused on
areas that are not being addressed multilaterally. |
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Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Gootiiz, Batshur |
| title |
Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN |
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regionalism in services : a study of asean |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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