Trapca

7TH ANNUAL TRADE CONFERENCE 22- 23 NOVEMBER 2012 ARUSHA, TANZANIA

Theme: "Theme“Promoting services trade in developing countries: Chasing a black cat in a dark room?”

Call for Papers
1. Introduction and Context
Arguments in favour of liberalized services markets abound. This applies in particular to key service areas such as telecommunications, financial services and transportation, which are increasingly gaining significance in the national GDP growth, especially in developing countries. At the same time, difficulties in opening services markets to foreign competition are becoming evident especially within the developing countries. It has been argued that doing so involves a broad and complex set of policies, regulatory instruments, institutions and constituencies of a local or foreign nature, both public and private