Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services

Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services

The growing importance of services trade for countries across the world is well-documented in the services and trade literatures. At the same time, regulatory and administrative barriers to the movement of service suppliers to deliver services inte...

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Main Author: Shingal, Anirudh
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE FACILITATION
SERVICES TRADE
STRI
SERVICE SUPPLIER
SERVICE DELIVERY
MODE 4 TRADE
SERVICES TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS INDEX
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195731588697826057/Liberalizing-versus-Facilitating-Mode-4-Trade-in-Services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33709
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spelling okr-10986-337092022-09-20T00:13:17Z Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services Shingal, Anirudh TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE STRI SERVICE SUPPLIER SERVICE DELIVERY MODE 4 TRADE SERVICES TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS INDEX TRANSPARENCY The growing importance of services trade for countries across the world is well-documented in the services and trade literatures. At the same time, regulatory and administrative barriers to the movement of service suppliers to deliver services internationally have resulted in very low shares of "Mode 4" trade in total services trade. Against this background, this paper conceptualizes an agenda for trade facilitation in services as it would apply to the movement of natural persons. It also provides descriptive statistical evidence from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Services Trade Restrictiveness Index database. The paper differentiates between regulatory measures that may improve transparency or facilitate access for service providers and those measures that impede Mode 4 trade as well as the administrative, financial, and economic costs of compliance with such measures. 2020-05-07T18:14:48Z 2020-05-07T18:14:48Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195731588697826057/Liberalizing-versus-Facilitating-Mode-4-Trade-in-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33709 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9227 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE FACILITATION
SERVICES TRADE
STRI
SERVICE SUPPLIER
SERVICE DELIVERY
MODE 4 TRADE
SERVICES TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS INDEX
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE FACILITATION
SERVICES TRADE
STRI
SERVICE SUPPLIER
SERVICE DELIVERY
MODE 4 TRADE
SERVICES TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS INDEX
TRANSPARENCY
Shingal, Anirudh
Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9227
description The growing importance of services trade for countries across the world is well-documented in the services and trade literatures. At the same time, regulatory and administrative barriers to the movement of service suppliers to deliver services internationally have resulted in very low shares of "Mode 4" trade in total services trade. Against this background, this paper conceptualizes an agenda for trade facilitation in services as it would apply to the movement of natural persons. It also provides descriptive statistical evidence from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Services Trade Restrictiveness Index database. The paper differentiates between regulatory measures that may improve transparency or facilitate access for service providers and those measures that impede Mode 4 trade as well as the administrative, financial, and economic costs of compliance with such measures.
format Working Paper
author Shingal, Anirudh
author_facet Shingal, Anirudh
author_sort Shingal, Anirudh
title Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
title_short Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
title_full Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
title_fullStr Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
title_full_unstemmed Liberalizing versus Facilitating Mode 4 Trade in Services
title_sort liberalizing versus facilitating mode 4 trade in services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195731588697826057/Liberalizing-versus-Facilitating-Mode-4-Trade-in-Services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33709
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