Saez, SebastianGoswami, Arti Grover2012-08-132012-08-132010-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10141Services play a broad and strategic role in the economy. Trade in services has been expanding rapidly because technological improvements have reduced the cost of cross-border exchange from infinity to virtually zero, thereby allowing for new export activities. Trade in services, particularly business services, has become an element of export diversification for many developing countries. Besides traditional activities such as tourism, activities such as health and information and communication services are among the most successful services exports. This note focuses on the determinants of trade in services for developing countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOACTIVISMBARRIERS TO TRADEBILATERAL TRADEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS SERVICESCOMMUNICATION SERVICESCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMERSCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTCONTRACTORSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT INTENSITYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMESTIC TRADEECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC POLICYEMERGING MARKETEMERGING MARKET ECONOMIESENGINEERING SERVICESEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORTERSEXPORTSFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SERVICESFOREIGN INVESTMENTGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL TRADEGLOBALIZATIONGRAVITY MODELGROWTH POLICYGROWTH VOLATILITYHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT SUBSTITUTIONINCOMEINDUSTRIAL POLICYINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICESLEARNINGLIBERALIZATIONSMARKET FAILURESMARKET SIZEMULTILATERAL TRADEOPENNESSPATTERNS OF TRADEPOLITICAL ECONOMYPROGRAMSREGRESSION ANALYSISREGULATORSREGULATORY BARRIERSREGULATORY REGIMESRESEARCH CENTERSSPECIALIZATIONTAXTAX INCENTIVESTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOURISMTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONSTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE DATATRADE DETERMINANTSTRADE DIVERSIFICATIONTRADE EFFECTTRADE IN GOODSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE PATTERNTRADE PATTERNSTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY REFORMSTRANSPARENCYWELFARE GAINSWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/10141