Influence and Implications of International Trade in Education Services
Author: Brandyn L. Payne
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 554
ISBN-13:
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Influences and Implications of International Trade in Education Services
Author: Brandyn L. Payne
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study seeks to discover what factors are associated with a nation's trade policy in education, in part through determining whether education trade policies are consistent with general trade behaviors. More specifically, this study questions whether nations' general trade openness is associated with openness to trade in education, and whether nations' commitments to lower barriers to education trade parallel the strength of their commitments to lower barriers to all trade. Findings from these questions will be compiled to develop a reasonable approach to the question as to whether countries are following the caveats and popular objections to treating education as a traded service with policies consistent with that perspective.
Liberalization of trade in educational service and its impact on the right to education
Author: Li Zhou
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2007-08-16
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 3638799921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: Education is in itself a fundamental human right. As an important determinant of economic growth and human development, education also constitutes an indispensable means of realizing other human rights, particularly rights associated with employment and social security. With the unleashed force of globalization sweeping all aspects of social and economic life, national governments throughout the world increasingly understand the strategic importance of education in enhancing and maintaining international competitiveness, and its crucial role in developing economic and social viability on the long run. On the other hand, the convergent impacts of globalization also bring new impetus for cross-boarder education, and affect the shape and mode of the operation of national education systems more influentially than ever. Over the last two decades trade in cross-border education has been increasing steadily in all forms: not only the numbers of students enrolled in educational institutions outside their home country has been rapidly increasing, but also more and more education providers operate abroad, providing their educational services to foreign students who remain at home. Accelerated development of the new information and communication technologies also facilitate cross-border education and encourage new forms of educational internationalization. According to the statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), export revenue related to international student mobility amounted to an estimated minimum of US$30 billion in 1998, or 3% of global services exports (OECD, 2004a). With the rapid growth of trade in education, a number of bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements and regulations have incorporated provisions on trade and investment in educational services, which all together make up the legal and institutional framework shaping and regulating the liberalization of trade in educational services. Among all the relevant agreements and regulations driving the liberalization process, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) regime provides the first multilateral framework for international trade and investment in services, including educational services.
Trade Policy In Asia: Higher Education And Media Services
Author: Christopher Findlay
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2014-04-25
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9814590215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEducation and media services have much in common. Both provide services that embody local cultures, in which there is extensive public sector participation and significant domestic regulation. At the same time, both are dramatically affected by the information and communications technology revolution. The production of information content now involves huge costs in terms of research and development or artistic talent, whilst the cost of making such products available to other consumers is very low. This in turn challenges the effectiveness of domestic regulation and raises fundamental questions about its purpose, calling for an increased scope for international trade and investment, and the development of supply chains.Yet, both areas are lightly committed in international trade agreements like the GATS. This lack of commitment and the lack of additional impact from negotiations in bilateral discriminatory trade agreements are cross-cutting themes in the book.Trade Policy in Asia responds to these issues to provide readers with a comprehensive and consistent treatment of policy in the higher education and media services sector across a range of Asian economies little studied in the existing literature. The book opens the discussion with an overview of global trends in each area, followed by detailed, country-specific studies. Through comparative work, it identifies common elements across these sectors and highlights critical implications for trade policy.Education services themes include the growth and impediments involved in various forms of trade and investment; the emergence of a ‘new wave’ of globalization; obstacles faced by domestic providers in supplying services; a common ambition to become an education services hub for international students; and the scope for greater international cooperation in research.Media services themes include the impact of new technology on options for content delivery and the associated problems for policy implementation and copyright protection, and the new challenges of globalization for social goals relating to local cultures, as well as risks involved in implementing policies that pursue these goals.
Trade in Higher Education
Author: Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
Publisher: UNESCO
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789280313628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrade in Higher Education: The role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) - Internationalization of higher education has been evolving over the years. Today, trade in education has become an important framework under which cross-border mobility of students, institutions, programs, and teachers takes place. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has systematized and formalized the conditions for trade in services including education. This book provides a detailed analysis of various dimensions of the GATS and its implications for development of higher education, especially in developing countries. The analysis also provides a critical assessment of the benefits derived and potential threats posed by trading in education. It is hoped that the study will provide useful insights on the issue for educational policy-makers, planners, and researchers.
Impact of Trade in Higher Education Services on Central and Eastern European Countries' Economic Development
Author: Ana Mihei
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper discusses the ways in which international trade in higher education services impacts the economic development of Central and Eastern European Countries. The economic impact of cross-border education can be seen from two perspectives. We have identified the first one, on the short run, which takes into account the national trade accounts, that is the imports and exports of education. From this point of view the considered countries are at a loss, most of them being net importers of higher education. On the other hand, there is the long run perspective which incorporates the imports of education in the strategy of national capacity building, which is a premise for economic development. Therefore, the countries are better off importing higher education as this will increase the economic growth in the future. However, imports for capacity building are effective only in the case of an existing coherent strategy for development which includes higher education. And in matter of strategy, implementation and regulations is where the Central and East European Countries need to pun more effort so as to maximize the benefits from international trade with higher education services.
Liberalization of Trade in Educational Service and Its Impact on the Right to Education
Author: Li Zhou
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 105
ISBN-13: 3638803791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg, 109 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Education is in itself a fundamental human right. As an important determinant of economic growth and human development, education also constitutes an indispensable means of realizing other human rights, particularly rights associated with employment and social security. With the unleashed force of globalization sweeping all aspects of social and economic life, national governments throughout the world increasingly understand the strategic importance of education in enhancing and maintaining international competitiveness, and its crucial role in developing economic and social viability on the long run. On the other hand, the convergent impacts of globalization also bring new impetus for cross-boarder education, and affect the shape and mode of the operation of national education systems more influentially than ever. Over the last two decades trade in cross-border education has been increasing steadily in all forms: not only the numbers of students enrolled in educational institutions outside their home country has been rapidly increasing, but also more and more education providers operate abroad, providing their educational services to foreign students who remain at home. Accelerated development of the new information and communication technologies also facilitate cross-border education and encourage new forms of educational internationalization. According to the statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), export revenue related to international student mobility amounted to an estimated minimum of US$30 billion in 1998, or 3% of global services exports (OECD, 2004a). With the rapid growth of trade in education, a number of bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements and regulations have incorporated provisions on trade and investment in
The WTO and the University
Author: Roberta Malee Bassett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-03-09
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 1135519315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United States, even though the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative has specifically included higher education services in its March 2003 negotiating offer to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This book emerged from research and conversations on the potential implications of free trade on American higher education, implications which have yet to lead to any real conversation or debate within the broad higher education community in the United States. It fills a niche in the literature on trade and higher education services by providing context and analysis of the trade issue in the American higher education context, as well as the pros and cons of free trade in higher education services from the perspectives of the U.S.-based actors.
The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services
Author: Kern Alexander
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-12-31
Total Pages: 1024
ISBN-13: 9047431405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe World Trade Organisation plays the primary role in regulating international trade in goods, services and intellectual property. Traditionally, international trade law and regulation has been analysed primarily from the trade-in-goods perspective. Services are becoming an important competence for the WTO. The institutional, legal and regulatory influence of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on domestic economic policymaking is attracting increasing attention in the academic and policymaking literature. The growing importance of services trade to the global economy makes the application of the GATS to trade in services an important concern of international economic policy. The GATS contains important innovations that build on the former GATT and existing WTO/GATT trade regime for goods. This book fills a void in the academic and policymaking literature by examining how the GATS governs international trade in services and its growing impact on the regulatory practice of WTO member states. It offers a unique discussion of the major is-sues confronting WTO member states by analysing the GATS and related international trade issues from a variety of perspectives that include law, political economy, regulation, and business. Moreover, the role of the WTO in promoting liberalised trade and economic development has come under serious strain because of the breakdown of the Doha Development Round negotiations. The book analyses the issues in the Doha services debate with some suggested policy approaches that might help build a more durable GATS framework. The book is a welcomed addition to the WTO literature and will serve as a point of reference for academics, policymakers and practitioners.
Internationalisation and Trade in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 366
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together up-to-date statistics, case studies and policy reports on the major trends and developments in cross-border post-secondary education in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Topics covered include policy initiatives to promote cross-border post-secondary education; rationales for delivering or receiving cross-border education services; size and growth of cross-border post-secondary education in terms of student mobility, programme mobility, and institutional mobility (international branch campuses); assessment of the possible impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO); and challenges facing cross-border post-secondary education such as quality assurance and recognition of qualifications, cost and financing, equity of access, trade agreements, capacity building in receiving countries, mobility personnel, and cultural diversity.
