Services Papers

Benbrook, Charles. "Who Controls and Who Will Benefit From Plant Genomics?" AAAS, February 2000.

Abrenica, Joy and Warren, Tony. "Towards the Millennium Round: East Asia and International Trade in Telecommunications Services. " World Bank, July 1999.

Ahmad, Mushtaq. "Pakistan and the GATS: An Assessment of Policies and Future Prospects." World Bank, February 2000.

Azad, A.K. "Inter-industry Linkages of Services in the Bangladesh Economy (With a Case Study of the Ready-made Garments Industry) And Potential Service Trade." World Bank, December 1999.

Berkey, Judson O. A Framework Agreement for Electronic Commerce Regulation Under the GATS. Institute of International Finance, December 2001.

Berkey, Judson and Tinawi, Emad. "E-Services and the WTO: the Adequacy of the GATS Classification Framework." OECD, 1999.

Braga, C.A.P. and Hoekman, Bernard. "Protection and Trade in Services." World Bank, April 1997.

Brown, Drusilla and Stern, Robert. "Measurement and Modeling of the Economic Effects of Trade and Investment Barriers in Services." Tufts University, November 1999.

Chachage, C.S.L. "Globalization and Transitions in Tourism in Tanzania." International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, February 1999.

Chadha, Rajesh. "GATS and Developing Countries: A Case Study of India." World Bank, February 2000.

Chanda, Rupa. "Movement of Natural Persons and Trade in Services: Liberalizing the Temporary Movement of Labour Under the GATS." India Council for International Economic Research, November 1999.

Clark, Ximena; David Dollar and Alejandro Micco. Maritime Transport Costs and Port Efficiency. World Bank, February 2002.

Clarke, George; Robert Cull; Maria Soledad; Martinez Peria, and Susana M. Sánchez. Foreign Bank Entry: Experience, Implications for Developing Countries, and Agenda for Further Research. World Bank, October 2001.

Coates, Barry. "Stop the GATSastrophe!" World Development Movement, July 2001.

Cowhey, Peter and Mikhail Klimenko. "The WTO Agreement and Telecommunications Policy Reform." World Bank, April 2001.

Das, Bhagirath. "Negotiations in Agriculture and Services in the WTO: Suggestions for Modalities/Guidelines." Third World Network, September 2000.

Deardorff, Alan. "International Provision of Trade Services, Trade, and Fragmentation." World Bank, February 2001

Dee, Philippa and Hanslow, Kevin. "Multilateral Liberalisation of Services Trade." Productivity Commission of Australia, March 2000.

Fink, Carsten; Aaditya Mattoo and Randeep Rathindran. Liberalizing Basic Telecommunications: The Asian Experience. The World Bank, November 2001.

Fink, Carsten; Mattoo, Aaditya; Neagu, Ileana. "Trade in International Maritime Services: How Much Does Policy Matter?" World Bank, February 2001.

Francois, J.F. and F. Eschenbach (2002), "Financial Sector Competition, Services Trade, and Growth." Tinbergen Institute discussion paper on dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth.

Francois, Joseph and Schuknecht, Ludger. "International Trade in Financial Services, Competition and Growth Performance." Center for Economic Policy Research, October 1999.

Francois, Joseph and Wooton, Ian. "Market Structure, Trade Liberalization and the GATS." Tinbergen Institute, 2001.

Francois, Joseph and Wooten, Ian. "Trade in International Transport Services: The Role of Competition." Center for Economic Policy Research, 2001.

Graber, Christoph Beat. "WTO: A Threat to European Films?" University of Navarra, October 1998.

Hoekman, Bernard and Messerlin, Patrick. "Liberalizing Trade in Services: Reciprocal Negotiations and Regulatory Reform." World Bank, July 1999.

Hoekman, Bernard and Mattoo, Aaditya. "Services, Economic Development, and the Next Round of Negotiations on Services." World Bank, November 1999.

Hoekman, Bernard. "Toward a More Balanced and Comprehensive Services Agreement." World Bank, November 1999.

Hubner, Wolfgang and Pierre Sauvé. Liberalisation Scenarios for International Air Transport. Journal of World Trade, 2001.

Koivusalo, Meri. The Impact of WTO Agreements on Health and Development Policies. Globalism and Social Policy Program. January, 2003.

Kono, Masamichi and Schuknecht, Ludger. "Financial Services Trade, Capital Flows and Financial Stability." World Trade Organization, 1998.

Kostecki, Michel. " Technical Assistance Services in Trade-Policy: A Contribution to the discussion on capacity-building in the WTO ." ICTSD Series: Sustainable Development and Trade Issues, ICTSD Resource Paper No:2, 2001.

Kox, Henk L.M. "Exposure of the Business Services Industry to International Competition." CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, August 2001.

Langhammer, Rolf. "Developing Countries as Exporters of Services: Looking Beyond Success Episodes." Kiel Institute for World Economics, July 2000. 

Larsen, Kurt et al. "Trade in Educational Services: Trends and Emerging Issues.  OECD Working Paper, May 2002.

Low, Patrick and Matoo, Aaditya. "Is There A Better Way? Alternative Approaches to Liberalization under the GATS." World Bank.

Markusen, James; Rutherford, Thomas; and Tarr, David. "Foreign Direct Investment in Services and the Domestic Market for Expertise." World Bank, August 2000.

Mashayekhi, Mina. "GATS 2000 Negotiations: Options for Developing Countries." South Centre, December 2000. HTML format.

Mattoo; Aaditya. China's Accession to the WTO: The Services Dimension. World Bank Policy Paper. December 2002.

Mattoo, Aaditya and Carsten Fink. Regional Agreements and Trade in Services.  World Bank, June 2002.

Mattoo, Aaditya. "Financial Services and the WTO: Liberalization in the Developing and Transition Economies." World Bank, March 1998.

Mattoo, Aaditya. "MFN and the GATS." World Bank, January 1999.

Mattoo, Aaditya and Olarreaga, Marcelo. "Reciprocity Across Modes of Supply in the World Trade Organization: A Negotiating Formula." World Bank, June 2000.

Mattoo, Aaditya. "Shaping Future GATS Rules for Trade in Services." World Bank, April 2001.

OECD. "A Review of Market Openness and Trade in Telecommunications." September 1999.

Qian, Ying. "Financial Services Liberalization and GATS: Analysis of the Commitments Under the GATS at the WTO." World Bank, February 2000.

Saner, Raymond and Sylvie Fasel. "Negotiating Trade in Educational Services within the WTO/GATS Context." June, 2003.

Sauvé, Pierre. Completing the GATS Framework: Addressing Uruguay Round Leftovers in: The Swiss Review of International Economic Relations (Aussenwirtschaft), Vol. 57 (2002), No III, Zurich: Ruegger, p. 301-341.

Sauvé, Pierre. Open Services Markets Matter.  OECD, November 2001.

Sauvé, Pierre. Scaling Back Ambitions on Investment Rule-Making at the WTO. Journal of World Investment, 2001.

Sauvé, Pierre. The Trade Policy Implications of the New Economy. OECD, 2001.

Sauvé, Pierre and Karsten Steinfatt. Financial Services and the WTO: What Next? Brookings Institution, 2001.

Sauvé, Pierre and Karsten Steinfatt. Towards Multilateral Rules on Trade and Culture: Protective Regulation or Efficient Protection? Australian Productivity Commission, November 2000.

Singh, Harsha et al. "Telecom Policy Reform in India." World Bank, February 2000.

Smith, Peter and Wellenius, Bjorn. "Strategies for Successful Telecommunications Regulation in Weak Governance Environments." World Bank, March 1999.

Stephenson, Sherry. "Approaches to Liberalizing Services." World Bank, May 1999.

Tamarisa, Natalia et al. "Trade Policy in Financial Services." International Monetary Fund, February 2000.

Tigre, Paulo. "The Political Economy of Latin American Telecommunications: Multilateral Agreements and National Regulatory Systems." Latin American Trade Network, October 1999.

UN. "Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services." December, 2002.

UNCTAD. "Air Transport Services: The Positive Agenda for Developing Countries." April 1999.

UNCTAD. "Report of the Expert Meeting on National Experiences with Regulation and Liberalization: Examples in Construction Services Sector and its Contribution to the Development of Developing Countries." UNCTAD, December 2000.

UNCTAD. "Scope for Expanding Exports of Developing Countries in Specific Sectors Through All GATS Modes of Supply." September 1998.

Whichard, Obie. "Measurement, Classification and Reporting of Services Activities: An International Perspective." World Bank, November 1999.

White, Lawrence. "Reducing the Barriers to International Trade in Accounting Services: Why it Matters, and the Road Ahead." New York University, May 2000.

Wiser, Glenn M. Frontiers in Trade: The Clean Development Mechanism and the General Agreement on Trade in Services.  CIES, 2002.

Other Resources

Sinclair, Scott. "How the World Trade Organization's new "Services" Negotiations Threaten Democracy." Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September 2000.

UNCTAD. "A Positive Agenda for Services." Resources and Publications.

US Department of State. "International Transportation: Moving the Global Economy Forward." International Information Programs, October 2000. Symposium of articles on transport services.

The World Trade Organization's Trade in Services Page