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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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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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 |
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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. |
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Borchert, Ingo Gootiiz, Batshur Magdeleine, Joscelyn Marchetti, Juan A. Mattoo, Aaditya Rubio, Ester Shannon, Evgeniia |
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Borchert, Ingo Gootiiz, Batshur Magdeleine, Joscelyn Marchetti, Juan A. Mattoo, Aaditya Rubio, Ester Shannon, Evgeniia |
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Borchert, Ingo |
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Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index |
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Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index |
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Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index |
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Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index |
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Applied Services Trade Policy : A Guide to the Services Trade Policy Database and the Services Trade Restrictions Index |
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applied services trade policy : a guide to the services trade policy database and the services trade restrictions index |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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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 |
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