The Euro-mediterranean partnership : trade in services as an alternative to migration ?, Vol. 1 of 1

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The Euro-mediterranean partnership : trade in services as an alternative to migration ?

Author:	Hoekman, Bernard; Ozden, Caglar;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5049
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2009/09/11
Document Date:	2009/09/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS5049	SubTopics:	Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures; Housing & Human Habitats; Population Policies; Labor Markets; Labor Policies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This paper discusses options to facilitate movement of workers between high-income and developing countries within the framework of trade agreements, focusing on the European Unionﾒs partnership agreements with neighboring countries. Existing frameworks for cooperation offer the possibility of expanding temporary rather than longer-term or permanent movement of workers since extant trade agreements provide scope for negotiating specific market access commitments for services, including those delivered through the cross-border movement of natural persons. Even though the potential for such "embodied" trade in services will not be anywhere near what would be associated with substantial liberalization of migration regimes, furthering the services trade dimension in the European Unionﾒs ﾬtrade agreements offers significant potential Pareto gains. For the partner countries these gains from temporary movement of service providers are both direct - through greater employment in/revenue from providing services in the European Union - and indirect - by helping to increase and sustain higher growth at home.


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