Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis

Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and div...

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Main Authors:	Gillson, Ian, Molinuevo, Martin, Saez, Sebastian
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE COSTS TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE REGULATION TRADE POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670321588865178798/Trade-Facilitation-in-Services-A-Conceptual-and-Empirical-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33742

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spelling	okr-10986-337422022-09-20T00:13:17Z Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis Gillson, Ian Molinuevo, Martin Saez, Sebastian TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE COSTS TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE REGULATION TRADE POLICY Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and diversification by assessing services trade costs and identifying policies that contribute to their reduction: a concept termed trade facilitation in services. It summarizes the latest research on the costs facing trade in services beyond discriminatory market access and national treatment and finds that these are high. It proposes measures that could fall under the scope of a potential trade facilitation in services agenda, namely: (i) streamlining processes and procedures used in administering regulatory policies aside from the policy itself, (ii) improving access to information on regulatory policies (that is, transparency), and (iii) boosting the efficiency of governance structures for regulators that set policies affecting trade in services. 2020-05-14T14:07:48Z 2020-05-14T14:07:48Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670321588865178798/Trade-Facilitation-in-Services-A-Conceptual-and-Empirical-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33742 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9233 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 FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE COSTS TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE REGULATION TRADE POLICY
spellingShingle	TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE COSTS TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE REGULATION TRADE POLICY Gillson, Ian Molinuevo, Martin Saez, Sebastian Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9233
description	Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and diversification by assessing services trade costs and identifying policies that contribute to their reduction: a concept termed trade facilitation in services. It summarizes the latest research on the costs facing trade in services beyond discriminatory market access and national treatment and finds that these are high. It proposes measures that could fall under the scope of a potential trade facilitation in services agenda, namely: (i) streamlining processes and procedures used in administering regulatory policies aside from the policy itself, (ii) improving access to information on regulatory policies (that is, transparency), and (iii) boosting the efficiency of governance structures for regulators that set policies affecting trade in services.
format	Working Paper
author	Gillson, Ian Molinuevo, Martin Saez, Sebastian
author_facet	Gillson, Ian Molinuevo, Martin Saez, Sebastian
author_sort	Gillson, Ian
title	Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
title_short	Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
title_full	Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
title_fullStr	Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
title_sort	trade facilitation in services : a conceptual and empirical analysis
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670321588865178798/Trade-Facilitation-in-Services-A-Conceptual-and-Empirical-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33742
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