Jafari, YaghoobTarr, David G.2014-12-032014-12-032014-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20620A new database on the barriers faced by foreign suppliers of services has been produced by the World Bank. Data for 103 countries are available on 11 of the most important services sectors in international trade. Based on these data and building on the methodology and publications supported by the Australian Productivity Commission, this paper produces estimates of the ad valorem equivalents of the barriers for all these sectors and countries. Compared with estimates available in the literature that are based on assessments of country- and sector-specific barriers to services providers, the estimates expand the set of sectors and more than triple the set of countries for which estimates of the ad valorem equivalents of the services barriers are available.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SERVICESACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING SERVICESADVERSE EFFECTADVERTISINGAFFILIATESAIRAIR PASSENGERAIR TRANSPORTAUDITINGBANKING SECTORBANKING SERVICESBANKSBARRIERBUSINESS SERVICESCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL BANKCODE OF CONDUCTCOLLECTION OF INFORMATIONCOST OF CAPITALCREDIT CARDSDATA BARRIERSDEMAND ELASTICITYDEPOSITDEPOSIT INSURANCEDEPOSITSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCRETIONDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMESTIC BANKDOMESTIC CAPITALDOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKETDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC PRICEECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC PERFORMANCEELECTRICITYFINANCIAL SECTORSFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOREIGN BANKSFOREIGN COMPANYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN ENTRYFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC REGIONHOUSINGICTINCOMEINCOMESINDUSTRIAL ECONOMYINSURANCEINSURANCE POLICYINSURANCESINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT BARRIERSJOINT VENTURELABOR MARKETLIBERALIZATIONLICENSELICENSESLOCAL CURRENCIESMANUFACTURINGMARITIME TRANSPORTMARKET ACCESSMARKET ENTRYMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARESMARKET STRUCTUREMARKETINGMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERSMOBILE TELEPHONEMOBILE TELEPHONESMODES OF TRANSPORTMONOPOLIESNET INTEREST MARGINOPEN ACCESSOPEN ECONOMIESOUTPUTPASSENGER TRANSPORTPAYMENT SYSTEMPENETRATION RATEPENETRATION RATESPOPULATION DENSITYPREFERENTIALPRICE CHANGEPRICE ELASTICITYPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMANDPROCUREMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTSRAILRAIL TRANSPORTRAIL TRANSPORTATIONRE-INSURANCEREGIONAL TRADEREGULATORY BODYREGULATORY REGIMEREGULATORY REGIMESRESULTRESULTSRETAIL SERVICESROADROAD TRANSPORTSALES GROWTHSECURITIESSECURITY SERVICESSMALL BUSINESSSMALL COUNTRYSOLICITATIONSPREADSHEETSSUBSIDIARYTELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELEPHONE SERVICETELEPHONE SERVICESTRADE FLOWSTRANSITION COUNTRIESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION SERVICETRANSPORTATION SERVICESUSESWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD ECONOMY10.1596/1813-9450-7096