Services Trade and Employment
Johannes Schwarzer | 7 June 2015
Trade,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Employment,
Global Value Chains,
Services Trade Driven by spectacular technological advances and the emergence and intensification of global value chains, trade in services has been the most dynamic part of global trade over recent years. All regions of the world have witnessed growth in services trade, albeit at different paces. Europe
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At Whose Service? Jobs and Services Trade in Developing Countries
Johannes Schwarzer | 17 November 2014
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Development,
Employment,
Poverty,
Services Trade,
WTO Services-led Employment Growth? Creating jobs to match their ever increasing, relatively young labor forces is probably the biggest challenge that developing countries are facing in the medium term. Reducing unemployment is perhaps the most effective tool to achieve a wide range of development goals, such
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TTIP and Jobs: Does the Emperor Have Clothes?
Johannes Schwarzer | 21 August 2014
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Employment,
Services Trade,
TTIP With negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in full swing, policymakers across the Atlantic are reiterating calls for more support of an agreement. In the wake of increasing public criticism of the plans for a deal, notably in Europe, policymakers are under
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