International Trade in Services.pdf - DSpace at Khazar University

Contents
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Boxes
2.1 Extent of Temporary Labor Migration 31
3.1 Some Key Facts about Legal Services 69
3.2 Growth and Investment Have Created a Viable Market
for Legal Services in Developing Countries 70
3.3 The Four Modes of Supply for Legal Services 72
3.4 Using Foreign Legal Consultants to Facilitate Trade 78
3.5 Self-Regulation Often Results in Cartelization of
the Legal Profession 81
3.6 Professional Bodies Play a Prominent Role in Legal
Skill Development 82
3.7 Cost Pressures Force Clients to Rethink Their Approach
to Legal Services 86
3.8 Negotiating Mutual Recognition Agreements Can
Facilitate Trade in Legal Services 87
3.9 Negotiating Fast-Track Visa Procedures to Facilitate
Crossborder Movement 89
4.1 Case Study: Remedying Health Shortages through Trade
under Modes 4 and 2, Oman 105
4.2 Case Study: Remedying Health Shortages through
Trade under Mode 3, India 108
4.3 Case Study: Travel and Health Industries Commingling,
Thai Airways 114
4.4 Case Study: Exports of Offshore Medical Transcription Services,
the Philippines 115
4.5 Case Study: Exports under Mode 2, ASEAN 118
4.6 Case Study: Exports under Mode 4, Tunisia 122
4.7 Case Study: Mitigating the Distributive and Other Adverse Effects
of Trade in Health Services, Thailand 124
4.8 Case Study: SWOT Analysis, Health Services Trade, Morocco 127
4.9 Case Study: Regulatory Audit for Health Services, Tunisia 129
4.10 Seizing Opportunities in the United Kingdom: The Case
of South Africa 131
4.11 Case Study: A Successful Government-Led Strategy to
Develop Medical Tourism, Cuba 132
5.1 Principal Activities in the Distribution Sector 142
5.2 Estimates of the Economic Scope of the Distribution Sector 143
5.3 Selected Developing-Country Experiences in the
Distribution Service Sector 146
5.4 Examples of Multinational Retailers with Foreign Affiliates 148
5.5 Regulatory Reform in the Retail Sector 156
6.1 The Main Characteristics of the Construction Service Sector 178
6.2 What Do Construction Services Cover 180
6.3 Facilitating the Administration of Building Permits 197