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Services trade in the Balkans, Volume 1

Author:	Michalopoulos, Constantine; Panousopoulos, Vasileios;	Collection Title:	World Bank Technical Paper ; no. WTP 530
Country:	Albania; Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of; Croatia; Serbia; Romania; Bulgaria; Bosnia and Herzegovina;	Date Stored:	2003/03/01
Document Date:	2002/01/01	Document Type:	Publication
ISBN:	ISBN 0-8213-5336-5	Language:	English
Region:	Europe and Central Asia	Report Number:	WTP530
Sub Sectors:	Other domestic and international trade	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Governance Indicators; Trade and Services; Economic Theory & Research; Trade Policy
Volume No:	1

Summary: This study aims at providing an overview of policies affecting services trade in seven countries of the Balkan region, and stresses the growing importance of services trade. The service sectors, particularly tourism and transport, play an important role in the economies of the Balkan countries. The paper finds that, on average, the countries involved, are committed to a liberal trade regime for services, and that they have made more commitments to liberalize services in the World Trade Organization (WTO) than developing countries at comparable levels of development. For the future, the paper encourages further liberalization at the regional level, on a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) basis, as well as policy harmonization with the European Union.


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