• ISBN13: 9788126925179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 15, 2017
• Pages: 374
• Original Price: INR 1195.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 508 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

The book has been based on the papers presented in a two-day national seminar on “Global Trade in Services: A WTO Perspective” organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh (E) College (University of Delhi). The papers have been revised and updated, and two more papers have been added. Consisting of three parts, the book takes up tourism services and other trade-related issues; educational, environmental and health-related services; telecommunication, business and financial services; and includes illuminating articles in each part for focused, yet detailed study. WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture, the provision of “Special and Differential Treatment” for developing countries in the Agreements of the WTO, the relative impact of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on retail sector in India, SWOT analysis of GATS and Indian services environment, and the economic impact, prospects and challenges ahead for tourism industry in India have been analyzed in Part I. The changing scenario of management education in India, the challenges in Indian higher education in context of repercussion and concern of GATS and WTO, the WTO framework in context of educational services, and the inter-linkages between globalization and Indian education system, among others have been examined in Part II. An assessment of accounting and auditing services in regional trade agreements (RTAs) of WTO has been made in Part III. The relationship between inward FDI and exports in Indian telecommunication sector, the financial perspectives of insurance sector in the framework of the GATS, the Case Study of Brazil, China and India in context of trends of financial services trade and global capital flows, the understanding of financial services in the WTO perspective, the SWOT analysis for India’s IT services industry, the unique success of IT industry in services trade, and the challenges this industry is facing in order to compete with the major competitors, are also taken up in this part. The book will be useful for the students and researchers in the area.

Dr. O.S. Deol, M.Phil, Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, is Associate Professor of Commerce at Shaheed Bhagat Singh (E) College, University of Delhi. He has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience. Specializing in international business and finance, Dr. Deol has authored books entitled, IMF Adjustment Programmes and Developing Countries, Twenty Years of WTO : 1995–2015, and Business Mathematics and Statistics. He has published research papers on various aspects of international business and finance. He has also attended and presented papers at numerous seminars and conferences at national and international levels.

• Preface
• Contributors

• PART – I

• Tourism Services and Other Trade Related Issues
• 1. WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture: The Road Ahead
• O.S. Deol
• 2. Developing Countries and World Trade Organization: An Insight into the WTO’s Special and Differential (S&D) Treatment for Developing Countries
• Prem Kumar
• 3. GATS: Its Relative Impact on Retail Sector in India
• K. Prabhu Sahai
• 4. SWOT Analysis of GATS (WTO) and Indian Services Environment
• Amit Agrawal
• 5. India-China Trade Relations: A Study of Post- Reform Period
• Parmjeet Kaur and Sandeep Kaur Bhatia
• 6. Trends in India’s Tourism Industry: Economic Impact, Prospects and Challenges
• Pratibha Madan
• 7. Impact of WTO Norms on Tourist Inflow in India
• Hema Nagpal

• PART – II

• Educational, Environmental and Health Related Services
• 8. Changing Scenario of Management Education in India
• Nazia Abbas Abidi
• 9. Challenges in Indian Higher Education: Repercussion and Concern of GATS and WTO
• Ravi Kant
• 10. Trade in Education and WTO
• Sakshi Bathla
• 11. Societies, Ethics and Humanitarian Approach in Trade: A WTO Perspective in Health Care Services
• Kavita Yadav
• 12. Post-WTO Regulations for Micro, Small and Medium Food Business Operators under Food Service Category in India: An Indicative Study on the Awareness Status among the Stakeholders
• Rashmi Kumar
• 13. Inter-linkages between Globalization and Indian Education System
• Tushar Goel and Kiranjit Kaur

• PART – III

• Telecommunication, Business and Financial Services
• 14. An Assessment of Accounting and Auditing Services in Regional Trade Agreements of WTO
• Sunil Kumar
• 15. Relationship between Inward FDI and Exports: Indian Telecommunication Sector
• Dippinder Kaur and Anindita Goldar
• 16. GATS: Financial Perspective with Emphasis on Insurance
• Ch. Dalpadal
• 17. Financial Services Trade and Global Capital Flows: A Case Study of Brazil, China and India
• Sunil Kumar and Prem Kumar
• 18. India’s International Trade in Banking Services: An Assessment in WTO Perspective
• O.S. Deol
• 19. India’s Potential of Exports in Services: A Case Study of Software Technology Parks of India
• Aditi Goel
• 20. Understanding Financial Services: A WTO Perspective
• Rachana KM
• 21. Negotiations of Financial Services: Some Aspects in Context of WTO
• Ghanshyam Chand Yadav, Manish Kumar and Rajan
• 22. Competitiveness of IT Exports from India: Exploring Emerging Challenges and Responses
• Amrita Kaur
• Appendix: List of WTO Members