Michalopoulos, ConstantinePanousopoulos, Vasileios2013-08-202013-08-2020020-8213-5336-50253-7494https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15217This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTUREBUSINESS SERVICESCDCENTRAL PLANNINGCENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIESCOMPETITIVENESSCONSTRUCTION SERVICESCONSUMERSCONSUMPTION ABROADCORPORATE SECTORCORRUPTIONCUSTOMSDIRECT INVESTMENTDOMESTIC FIRMSECOLOGYECONOMIC DEPRESSIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC RESEARCHEMBARGOEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEEXCHANGE RATEEXPORTSFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SERVICESFOREIGN BANKSFOREIGN COMPETITIONFOREIGN EQUITYFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN PROVIDERSFOREIGN SERVICE PROVIDERSFOREIGN TRADEFOREST MANAGEMENTGATSGDPGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSGROWTH PATHGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHOTELSIMPORTANCE OF SERVICESIMPORTSINCOMEINSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSESINSURANCEINSURANCE SERVICESINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICESLIBERALIZING COMMITMENTSMARKET ECONOMIESMFNMONOPOLIESPRICE CONTROLSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC UTILITIESRETAIL TRADEROYALTIES AND LICENCE FEESSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE SECTORSERVICE SECTORSSERVICES IMPORTSSERVICES SECTORSERVICES SECTORSSERVICES TRADESTATE MONOPOLIESSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMMUNICATIONSTOURISMTOURISM INFRASTRUCTURETOURISM SERVICESTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE ISSUESTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICYTRADE REGIMETRADE REGIMESTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORT SERVICESWATER PRICINGWTO SERVICE DELIVERYSERVICESTOURISMTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRADE LIBERALIZATIONWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESREGIONAL INTEGRATIONMOST FAVOURED NATION CLAUSEEUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIPPOLICY COORDINATIONWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5336-5