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1 online resource (xxviii, 168 pages) : color illustrations |
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Directions in development. Trade |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Trade in Services and Bilateral Labor Agreements : Overview / Sebastián Sáez -- Why Do People Migrate? -- Have Multilateral and Regional Agreements Increased Opportunities for Labor Migration? -- Can BLAs Succeed Where Multilateral and Regional Agreements Have Not? -- What Do the Case Studies Show? -- Can BLAs Expand Exports of Services? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. How Well Have Trade Agreements Facilitated Temporary Mobility? / Arti Grover Goswami, Sebastián Sáez -- Extent of Temporary Mobility -- Barriers to Temporary Mobility -- Contribution of the GATS -- Problems Implementing Temporary Mobility through the GATS -- Performance of PTAs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. When and Why Should Bilateral Labor Agreements Be Used? / Arti Grover Goswami, Manjula Luthria, Mai Malaulau, Sebastián Sáez -- Potential Advantages of BLAs -- Potential Disadvantages of BLAs -- Best Practice in BLAs for the Poor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Can Bilateral Labor Agreements Help Colombia and Ecuador Increase Their Service Exports to Spain? / Antonio Bonet, Sebastián Sáez -- Spain's Immigration Policy Framework -- Exporting Services to Spain through Mode 4 of the GATS -- Spain's BLAs with Colombia and Ecuador -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. To What Extent Do Bilateral Migration Agreements Contribute to Development in Source Countries? An Analysis of France's Migration Pacts / Marion Panizzon -- WTO/GATS Commitments versus Bilateral Labor Agreements -- Goals and Policy Objectives of France's Migration Pacts -- Implementing the European Union's GAM -- Labor Migration: An Overrated Component of France's Migration Pacts -- Conclusion -- Annex 5A : France's Migration-Related Agreements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6. Bilateral Labor Agreements and Trade in Services : The Experience of the Philippines / John Paolo R. Rivera, Denise Jannah D. Serrano, Tereso S. Tullao Jr. -- Substantive Provisions of the Philippines' BLAs -- Regulatory Framework for Implementing BLAs -- Safeguard Mechanisms -- Development Impacts of Temporary Labor Migration -- Addressing Issues Raised by the GATS and the AFAS -- Linkages between BLAs and Agreements on Trade in Services -- Best Practices of the Philippines in Implementing BLAs -- Conclusion -- Annex 6A : Overseas Filipino Workers in Selected Economies -- References -- Chapter 7. Bilateral Labor Agreements in the Pacific: A Development-Friendly Case Study / Manjula Luthria, Mai Malaulau -- Types of BLAs -- Drivers for Establishing Labor Migration Schemes in the Pacific -- Scope and Structure of BLAs -- Lessons on the Development Benefits of Labor Migration -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 8. Bilateral Labor Agreements : Experience from the Caribbean / Yolanda Strachan -- Caribbean Economies and Trade in Services -- Trends in Temporary Migration, 1998-2011 -- BLAs in the Caribbean -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Notes -- References |
| Summary |
"The temporary movement of labor is one mode of delivering services across borders. Unlike the movement of capital, and despite significant returns to mobility, labor movement remains highly restricted and politically sensitive. To circumvent this problem, the use of bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) may serve as a potential complementary means of increasing temporary labor mobility, particularly among workers in the services sector. BLAs are generally not part of trade agreements, nor are they designed to promote services exports by the sending country, although they could be used to do so. Let Workers Move: Using Bilateral Labor Agreements to Increase Trade in Services assesses what has been achieved so far in trade agreements in terms of the temporary movement of services providers and explores how BLAs might allow countries-especially developing countries-to focus on the temporary movement of very specific categories of workers, such as computer programmers or electricians within the construction sector. It also reviews case studies from Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific to examine the viability and performance of BLAs as a complement to other efforts to liberalize the temporary movement of people. This book will be useful to policymakers interested in expanding opportunities for services trade, academics in developing countries interested in trade as a development tool, and experts involved in trade negotiations. The questions raised in Let Workers Move will motivate new research and guide the analysis of economic policy on services trade in terms of its interaction with the temporary movement of people."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Labor mobility -- Government policy
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Labor laws and legislation, International.
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Labor policy.
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Foreign workers -- Government policy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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Foreign workers -- Government policy
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Labor laws and legislation, International
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Labor mobility -- Government policy
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Labor policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sáez, Sebastián
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World Bank.
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| ISBN |
9780821399163 |
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0821399160 |
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9781299734678 |
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1299734677 |
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