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Trade in services competitiveness: An assessment methodology

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  • Arti Grover Goswami

    (World Bank, Washington, DC, USA)

  • Sebastián Sáez

    (Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank, 1818 H Street, N. W. Washington DC-20433, USA)

Abstract

The share of developing countries in exports of world services increased from 15% in 2000 to 21% in 2011. Interestingly, in many of the developing economies, the growth in services exports is derived from not just traditional services, but also from modern, high-value, skill-intensive services. Given the rising importance of services, this paper develops a widely applicable methodology for evaluating the contribution of the service sector and the potential of using the sector for growth, employment and trade diversification objectives. We summarize a few key indicators for assessing the performance of the services sector using the available cross-country and bilateral trade data on the services sector. The indicators proposed in this paper are fairly general and draw on cross-country databases; however, to illustrate the methodology we use examples of the following nine countries: Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, and Ukraine.

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  • Arti Grover Goswami & Sebastián Sáez, 2014. "Trade in services competitiveness: An assessment methodology," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(01), pages 1-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jicepx:v:05:y:2014:i:01:n:s1793993314400018
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793993314400018
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    Keywords

    Trade; services; competitiveness; diversification; F1; L8;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • L8 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services

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