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This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and financial service liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in commercial banking it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalization efforts under the WTO promote FDI.
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LAURA PÁEZ works for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She deals with issues of trade and international negotiations such as the Doha Development Round and Economic Partnership Agreements, the Aid for Trade Initiative and regional integration in the context of the Regional Economic Comunities (RECs). Prior to her UN appointment, she worked for the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and was university professor at master level, lecturing on international economics and trade negotiations issues. The author has conducted extensive research on the regulatory impact of financial services liberalization, regionalism in the Americas, foreign direct investment and trade liberalization. She has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, and lectured on the WTO Trade Policy Course, training officials on trade negotiations from all over the world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Liberalizing Financial Services and Foreign Direct Investment
Book Subtitle: Developing a Framework for Commercial Banking FDI
Authors: Laura Páez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230316829
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27157-9Published: 19 July 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32263-3Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-31682-9Published: 04 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 263
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics, Banking, Financial Services