GATS reduces state options in public services
There are many problems and potential problems associated with the General Agreement
on Trade in Services, including the imbalances in the agreement, the unequal outcome of
benefits and costs, the continuous pressures for developing countries to liberalise and the
diminishing options for government s to take measures in services, or in operating public
services, writes * Martin Khor .
IMF, WORLD BANK, WTO Africa's services up for grabs (ISSUE Vol 9 No.3 2006)
By Stephen Appraku
