The realization of many of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) depends on
bolstering the performance of services sectors and improving access to specific services in …

A key characteristic of East Asian 'developmental states' was a strategic focus on
manufacturing, but developing countries today face more complex decisions about whether …

This paper reviews the role of services in development and growth, the potential role of trade
in services as a driver of the productivity performance of sectors that use services as inputs …

Services have long been perceived as playing a secondary role in world trade. This article
discusses the contribution of services trade in economic development, trade integration, and …

The paper analyses the contribution of services vis-à-vis manufacturing as a driving force of
economic growth in developing regions. In doing so, we test Kaldor´ s first and second …

This article presents data and analyzes the structure of employment in 13 African economies
at the administrative unit level, with a focus on the role of services. We provide two novel …

This article analyzes the effect of manufacturing export performance (MEP) on services
export diversification (SED). The analysis covers a sample of 138 countries over the period …

This article examines the effect of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows on services export diversification
in recipient countries. The empirical analysis has relied on a sample of 100 recipient …

Rwanda has undergone an astounding transformation in the two decades since a civil war
and massive genocide destroyed a large segment of the country's population, left its …

This paper applies machine learning to recreate to a high degree of accuracy the OECD's
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) to provide quantitative evidence on the …