Publication

This paper is the first phase output of a study attempting to answer two broad questions concerning the role of services and its regulation in development. First, the authors ask what the role of services is in development. Second, they ask whether it is possible to provide a narrative on the effects of services liberalization and services regulatory reform on development that can inform developing country governments and regulators, as well as donors and development practitioners who are not necessarily specialists on services issues. The two questions are answered by means of a literature review in six service sectors.