A review of trade in services

OUTPUT TYPE: Research report- other
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Altman, T.Van der Heijden, M.Mayer, G.Lewis
KEYWORDS: ECONOMY, TRADE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY POLICY
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 4231
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6410
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6410

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Abstract

The flow of trade in services is notoriously difficult to measure, and therefore it is difficult to identify what role it is playing in driving growth and competitiveness in the SA economy. This report therefore reviews the official data on trade in services and compares it to other available sources of information to get a sense of the extent to which the official data might be reflecting the reality on the ground.