OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index : Policy Trends up to 2024 / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restraint of trade.

Tariff.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

This report highlights key policy developments up to 2024 and the latest trends affecting services trade and digital trade. It also indicates best practices and the countries that lead in services reforms. The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) provides annually updated, comparable information on regulations affecting trade in services across 50 countries and 22 sectors from 2014 to 2024. The OECD's quantification of services regimes across countries and over time seeks to inform the decisions of policy makers and regulators, to convey transparent and accessible information to exporters, and to provide a source of data for academic research on drivers and impediments to services trade.

Contents:

OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index: Policy Trends up to 2024

Services trade restrictions were high in 2023

Most and least restrictive service sectors in 2023

Overall STRI performance in 2023

Leading reformers in 2023 and 2014-23

Benefits of services liberalisation

About the STRI

References

Annex A. Policy changes across countries

Annex B. STRI indices by sector

Annex C. Digital STRI by country

Tables

Figures

Boxes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-64647-7