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    Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies

    Helble, Matthias; Shepherd, Ben | June 2019
    Abstract
    The services economy is on the rise all around the world, and services now comprise the largest share of economic activity and employment in almost every country. Yet, the services economy remains relatively understudied. This book presents the latest evidence demonstrating how technologies and globalization have transformed the services industry. Services are becoming increasingly tradable under World Trade Organization rules and regional trade agreements, and some services subsectors are also seeing rates of productivity growth comparable to that in manufacturing. At the same time, services are increasingly contributing to manufacturing success, and countries’ overall economic competitiveness now hinges crucially on the availability of high-quality and affordable services inputs. Furthermore, a well-functioning services sector can accelerate human development through better access to basic needs, such as education, energy, finance, health, water, and sanitation. Services can also be a source of good jobs with fewer negative environmental and social externalities. Overall, the ongoing structural transformation toward a services economy is a unique opportunity to achieve long-term income growth, which in turn promotes sustainable development. This book offers suggestions on how to achieve this, and is thus an indispensable read for researchers and policy makers alike.
    Citation
    Helble, Matthias; Shepherd, Ben. 2019. Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/10431.
    PDF ISBN
    978-4-89974-118-3
    Print ISBN
    978-4-89974-117-6
    Keywords
    Development
    Trade
    Development Goals
    Skills Development
    Sustainable Development
    Trade Flows
    Trade And Development
    Food Security And Trade
    Trade Volume
    Trade Potential
    Trade Flows
    External Trade
    Industrial policy
    New technology
    Innovations
    Industry
    Export policy
    Import policy
    Trade Unions
    Natural Resources
    Services Trade
    SMEs
    E-commerce
    Development assistance
    ADB
    Curriculum development
    Development assistance
    Development aid
    Development indicators
    Development potential
    Development models
    Project appraisal
    Performance appraisal
    Regional development bank
    Trade development
    Import volume
    Export volume
    Service industry
    Career development
    Vocational training
    Contract Labor
    Labor income
    Labor policy
    Manpower policy
    Promotions
    Career development
    Job analysis
    Self-evaluation
    Supervisors
    Capital
    Business
    Communication in rural development
    Social participation
    Occupational training
    Partnership
    Joint venture
    System analysis
    Labor and globalization
    Labor policy
    Regional trading blocs
    Foreign trade and employment
    Developing countries
    Industrial priorities
    Technological innovation
    Technology transfer
    Foreign trade regulation
    Industrial relations
    Trade-unions
    Small business
    Unions
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/10431
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    Author
    Helble, Matthias
    Shepherd, Ben
    Theme
    Development
    Trade
     
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    Copyright 2016-2021 Asian Development Bank Institute, except as explicitly marked otherwise