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Health-Care Systems and the WTO services liberalization back to top

• Health-Care Systems and the WTO ( 4 pages; 42 KB in Word format) by Rudolf Adlung from the WTO Secretariat, March 2001.
  This reply was written in reaction to several articles published in “The Lancet”. 

  
  
Economic effects of services liberalization back to top

• Download an 18-page paper (83KB) by the WTO Secretariat (S/C/W/26, October 1997, PDF format)
• Download a 125-page addendum (514KB): overview of empirical studies (S/C/W/26/Add.1, May 1998, MS Word 97 format)
• The developmental impact of trade liberalization under GATS
  Informal note by the WTO Secretariat: download this 9-page document in MS Word 97 format (8 pages; 117 KB).

  

Studies by the WTO’s Economic Research and Analysis Division back to top
Including “Opening Markets in Financial Services and the Role of GATS”, and “Trade, Finance and Financial Crises”. Visit the Economic Research and Analysis pages.

  
  
Statistics on trade in services back to top
> Services Profiles give detailed statistics on key infrastructure services, such as transportation, telecommunications, finance and insurance, with around 100 time series relating to investment, market performance, production, employment and trade.
> Other services statistics are available on the Statistic pages

  
  
WTO Secretariat’s papers on services sectors back to top
Download these documents (which are in MS Word 97 format) individually from the list below.

• Services Sectoral Classification List - MTN/GNS/W/120 (8 pages, 42KB)
• Distribution Services - S/C/W/37 (31 pages, 229KB)
• Construction and Related Engineering Services - S/C/W/38 (11 pages, 80KB)
• Postal and Courier Services - S/C/W/39 (14 pages, 109KB)
• Audiovisual Services - S/C/W/40 (19 pages, 144KB)
• Legal Services - S/C/W/43 (27 pages, 176KB)
• Architectural and Engineering Services - S/C/W/44 (19 pages, 132KB)
• Computer and Related Services - S/C/W/45 (23 pages, 166KB)
• Environmental Services - S/C/W/46 (30 pages, 196KB)
• Advertising Services - S/C/W/47 (19 pages, 130KB)
• Education Services - S/C/W/49 (30 pages, 191KB)
• Health and Social Services - S/C/W/50 (31  pages, 200KB)
• Tourism Services - S/C/W/51 (26 pages, 248KB)
• Energy Services - S/C/W/52 (31  pages, 257KB)
• Air Transport Services - S/C/W/59 (57 pages, 472KB)
• Land Transport Services Part I - Generalities and Road Transport - S/C/W/60 (25 pages, 210KB)
• Land Transport Services Part II - Rail Transport Services - S/C/W/61 (18 pages, 153KB)
• Maritime Transport Services - S/C/W/62 (30 pages, 226KB)
• Financial Services - S/C/W/72 (35 pages, 4.9MB)
• Accountancy Services - S/C/W/73 (28 pages, 236KB)
• Telecommunications - S/C/W/74 (26 pages, 581KB)
• Presence of Natural Persons (mode 4) - S/C/W/75 (34 pages, 255KB)