health services

Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Botox and Bridges: South African Exports of Health and Construction Services

Using case studies of the South African construction and health services sectors, Stern outlines the main methodological and policy challenges facing developing countries in assessing the economic and social implications of service liberalisation. While the findings are preliminary and the policy conclusions speculative, the paper provides examples of key analytical difficulties in analysing services. More…

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Botox and Bridges: South African Exports of Health and Construction Services

Until relatively recently, policy makers and academics directed little attention to trade in services. This has changed in recognition of the increasing role of services in economic growth, trade and investment. In World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other trade negotiations, discussions on services have become as important as, if not more important than, those on…

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