Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index

This paper describes the Services Trade Policy Database, a joint initiative by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization Secretariat, which builds on a database developed by the World Bank nearly 10 years ago and draws on a recent Organisatio...

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Main Authors: Borchert, Ingo, Gootiiz, Batshur, Magdeleine, Joscelyn, Marchetti, Juan A., Mattoo, Aaditya, Rubio, Ester, Shannon, Evgeniia
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Language:English
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spelling okr-10986-338482022-09-20T00:11:59Z Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index Borchert, Ingo Gootiiz, Batshur Magdeleine, Joscelyn Marchetti, Juan A. Mattoo, Aaditya Rubio, Ester Shannon, Evgeniia SERVICES TRADE TRADE POLICY INVESTMENT TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE IN SERVICES SERVICES TRADE POLICY DATABASE FINANCIAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISTRIBUTION TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES This paper describes the Services Trade Policy Database, a joint initiative by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization Secretariat, which builds on a database developed by the World Bank nearly 10 years ago and draws on a recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development database. The Services Trade Policy Database offers comparable information on services trade policies for 68 economies in 23 subsectors across five broad areas -- financial services, telecommunications, distribution, transportation, and professional services. The database features several improvements. First, the data are collected according to a newly developed policy classification, consistent with the earlier World Bank database and the current Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development database, enabling a comparison of services policies over a significant period and across a large cross-section of industrial and developing economies. Second, in addition to trade policies, the database contains information on licensing conditions and data restrictions. Third, policy restrictiveness is quantified following a more systematic approach that aggregates the information within a single consistent and transparent framework. Building on these innovations will make it possible to identify global patterns of services trade policies and secular trends in policy making over the past decade. 2020-06-04T14:18:53Z 2020-06-04T14:18:53Z 2020-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385711591021253288/Applied-Services-Trade-Policy-A-Guide-to-the-Services-Trade-Policy-Database-and-the-Services-Trade-Restrictions-Index http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33848 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9264 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 SERVICES TRADE
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADE IN SERVICES
SERVICES TRADE POLICY DATABASE
FINANCIAL SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
TRANSPORTATION
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
spellingShingle SERVICES TRADE
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADE IN SERVICES
SERVICES TRADE POLICY DATABASE
FINANCIAL SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
TRANSPORTATION
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Borchert, Ingo
Gootiiz, Batshur
Magdeleine, Joscelyn
Marchetti, Juan A.
Mattoo, Aaditya
Rubio, Ester
Shannon, Evgeniia
Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9264
description This paper describes the Services Trade Policy Database, a joint initiative by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization Secretariat, which builds on a database developed by the World Bank nearly 10 years ago and draws on a recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development database. The Services Trade Policy Database offers comparable information on services trade policies for 68 economies in 23 subsectors across five broad areas -- financial services, telecommunications, distribution, transportation, and professional services. The database features several improvements. First, the data are collected according to a newly developed policy classification, consistent with the earlier World Bank database and the current Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development database, enabling a comparison of services policies over a significant period and across a large cross-section of industrial and developing economies. Second, in addition to trade policies, the database contains information on licensing conditions and data restrictions. Third, policy restrictiveness is quantified following a more systematic approach that aggregates the information within a single consistent and transparent framework. Building on these innovations will make it possible to identify global patterns of services trade policies and secular trends in policy making over the past decade.
format Working Paper
author Borchert, Ingo
Gootiiz, Batshur
Magdeleine, Joscelyn
Marchetti, Juan A.
Mattoo, Aaditya
Rubio, Ester
Shannon, Evgeniia
author_facet Borchert, Ingo
Gootiiz, Batshur
Magdeleine, Joscelyn
Marchetti, Juan A.
Mattoo, Aaditya
Rubio, Ester
Shannon, Evgeniia
author_sort Borchert, Ingo
title Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
title_short Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
title_full Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
title_fullStr Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
title_full_unstemmed Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index
title_sort applied services trade policy : a guide to the services trade policy database and the services trade restrictions index
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385711591021253288/Applied-Services-Trade-Policy-A-Guide-to-the-Services-Trade-Policy-Database-and-the-Services-Trade-Restrictions-Index
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