International Trade in Services in India

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-807937-8
Verlag: OUP India

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

India's services trade has grown at a very fast pace and now contributes more than one-third of the export revenue. India has also succeeded in raising its penetration in global markets more rapidly for services than for goods. Discussing the theoretical and empirical basis of the flourishing world trade in services, this book analyses the factors responsible for the rapid rise in services trade in India, its composition, and sectoral strengths and weaknesses.

Being invisible, services trade faces many complicated barriers and challenges. Highlighting the implications of rising services trade for pro-poor growth, this book delineates why removal of barriers to trade in services may be welfare enhancing in terms of its efficiency in reducing poverty as well as inequality. Taking the case of higher education, heath, and transportation services, it identifies the existing barriers and suggests selective liberalization.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of development economics, international trade, Indian economy, as well as policymakers, NGOs, and government agencies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raychaudhuri, Ajitava

De, Prabir

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Appendices
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Underpinnings of Services Trade
3. Emerging Patterns of Services Trade of Developing Countries
4. Services Trade in India: Profile and Competitiveness
5. Measuring the Barriers to Trade in Services
6. Impact of Barriers on Services Trade
7. Trade in Higher Education Services in India and Abroad
8. Trade in Health Services in India
9. Trade in Transportation Services: Competition and Efficiency
10. Services Trade and Pro-poor Growth in India
11. Making Trade in Services Work for the Poor: Emerging Challenges and Policy Options
12. Conclusions
Reference
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ajitava Raychaudhuri is Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Prabir De is Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi.