Guide to the Services Trade Restrictions Database

A new Services Trade Restrictions Database collects and makes publicly available information on services trade policy assembled in a comparable manner across 103 countries, five sectors (telecommunications, finance, transportation, retail and professional services) and the key modes of service supply. It contains richly textured policy information as well as a preliminary quantification of policy measures. This paper is a guide to the database, and provides a description of the data, how it was collected, how policy information was quantified, and how the data are presented in the publicly available, interactive Web database. The database is best seen as a first response to the strong demand for better information from policy-makers, negotiators, researchers and the private sector. Even in its present version, the database can play an important role in advancing policy reform by facilitating the analysis of services policies, informing international negotiations by providing data on actual policies, and provoking dialogue and refinements by making information on policies publicly available. Through feedback from various interested parties, the database may evolve into a collectively created public good.

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Main Authors: Borchert, Ingo, Gootiiz, Batshur, Mattoo, Aaditya
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, AFFILIATE, AIR, AIR CARGO, AIR PASSENGER, AIR SERVICES, AIR TRANSPORT, ALTERNATIVE MODES, ASSET MANAGEMENT, ASSETS, AUDITING, AUDITS, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE, BALANCE SHEET, BANK BRANCHES, BANK LENDING, BANK LOANS, BANKING SECTOR, BANKING SERVICES, BANKS, BARRIER, BRANCH OFFICE, BRANCH OFFICES, CAPITAL MARKET, CAPITALS, CASH FLOW, CENTRAL BANK, COMPETITION LAW, CONFIDENCE, CREDIT CARDS, CURRENCY, DATA COLLECTION, DEPOSIT, DEPOSIT INSURANCE, DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES, DEPOSITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRETION, DOMESTIC MARKET, EMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RULES, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FOREIGN BANK, FOREIGN BANKS, FOREIGN COMPANIES, FOREIGN ENTRY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN FIRM, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN INVESTOR, FOREIGN NATIONALS, FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, FOREIGN SHARES, FREIGHT, GOVERNMENT BONDS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, HOME COUNTRY, INCOME, INCOME GROUPS, INSURANCE POLICY, INSURER, INTEREST RATE, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, JOINT VENTURE, JOINT VENTURES, JUSTICE, LABOR MARKET, LAWS, LIBERALIZATION, LIFE INSURANCE, LOCAL CURRENCIES, LOCAL CURRENCY, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ENTRY, MARKET SHARE, MARKET STRUCTURE, MINISTER, MONOPOLY, MULTINATIONAL, NEW MARKETS, OUTPUT, OUTSOURCING, PARTICULAR COUNTRY, PASSENGER SERVICES, PAYMENT SYSTEM, PAYMENTS SYSTEM, PORTFOLIO, PREFERENTIAL, PRIVATE ENTITY, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, RAIL, RAIL FREIGHT, RAILWAY, REGIONAL TRADE, REGULATOR, REGULATORS, REGULATORY AUTHORITY, REGULATORY BODY, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, REINSURANCE, RETAIL BANK, RETAIL BANKING, RETAIL SERVICES, ROAD, ROUTE, SHAREHOLDERS, STOCK EXCHANGE, SUBSIDIARY, TAX, TELECOM SERVICES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, TRAFFIC, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, VEHICLE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16441094/guide-services-trade-restrictions-database
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9321
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