Trade in Services for Development
The services sector has been the main source of economic growth in recent decades, with logistics, finance and information technologies playing an essential role in the functioning of modern economies while business services, healthcare and entertainment feature among the world’s fastest growing sectors. This publication — co-published by the WTO and the World Bank — underlines the contribution that trade and investment in services can make to economic growth and development and highlights, in particular, the importance of re-energizing international cooperation on services trade.
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Format: | Report biblioteca |
Language: | English en_US |
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Geneva, Switzerland: World Trade Organization
2023-10-23
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Subjects: | SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, TRADE, SUPPLY OF SERVICES, GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS, MSMEs, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099258110092319807/IDU0be37875e0bee10474f0907a043151e283794 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40521 |
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Summary: | The services sector has been the main
source of economic growth in recent decades, with logistics,
finance and information technologies playing an essential
role in the functioning of modern economies while business
services, healthcare and entertainment feature among the
world’s fastest growing sectors. This publication —
co-published by the WTO and the World Bank — underlines the
contribution that trade and investment in services can make
to economic growth and development and highlights, in
particular, the importance of re-energizing international
cooperation on services trade. |
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