Liberalizing Services and Promoting Digital Services: Prospects for Enhancing Trade in CAREC Countries
Webinar discusses challenges and priorities in enhancing CAREC services trade. EARD DG M. Teresa Kho, in her opening remarks at the RCI-POD webinar on 15 March, underscored the need for deregulation and digital transformation to promote services development, expand trade, and foster economic diversification in CAREC countries. EAPF Director Emma Fan and CWRC Director Lyaziza Sabyrova shared views on opportunities for regional cooperation and perspectives to achieve CITA 2030. ERCI’s Jong Woo Kang moderated the session with presentations from former WTO Chief Economist Patrick Low, ADB consultant Bahodir Ganiev, ERCI’s Rolando Avendano, and OECD’s Irene Olivan. The RCI-POD webinar was co-organized by ERCD, EARD, and CWRD. Presentations and recording are available here.
Supported under KSTA 9712: Implementing the Integrated Trade Agenda in the CAREC Program, co-funded by the Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund and the PRC Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund (PRCF).
Key Documents
Presentations
Advancing Economic Diversification in CAREC Countries through Services Sector Development
Opportunities for Digital Services Trade in CAREC
Liberalizing Services Trade: the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in CAREC Countries
Links
Regional Cooperation and Integration Policy Open Dialogue (RCI-POD) Webinar Series #29
Developing the Services Sector for Economic Diversification in CAREC Countries
Video
