Trade in Non-Factor Services: Past Trends and Current Issues

摘要

This paper represents the first stage of a research project on trade in non-factor services. It (a) presents and analyzes the available data on trade in non-factor services; (b) formulates a series of preliminary hypotheses on the factors affecting NFS trade and presents the results of econometric analyses which can be used for projections in the global model for the World Development Report; (c) discusses the impediments to NFS trade as seen by both developed and developing countries; (d) sets out issues which might be analyzed in the next stage of the project. (Copyright (c) The World Bank 1980.)