Determinants of Services Trade Agreement Membership

Health services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

The potential for trade in health services has expanded rapidly in recent decades. More efficient communication systems have helped to reduce distance-related barriers to trade; rising incomes and enhanced information have increased the mobility of patients; and internal cost pressures have led various governments to consider possibilities for increased private participation. As yet, however, h...

Membership Agreement Instructions

Determine which Membership Category and Dues [1] level is appropriate for your organization. Review OASIS Policies and Procedures [2] to learn about OASIS governance and expectations. Identify a Primary Representative [3] who will be responsible for your organization's overall participation and a Billing Contact. Optionally, you may also identify an Official Notice Contact (usually your legal c...

financial regulation and general agreement on trade in services (wto)

optimal level of regulation and regulatory reform seem to be an undisputed objective . however, in the context of financial regulation there are differences and disagreements over the optimal level of disclosure of information and capital adequacy standards. in this paper, instead of offering a substantive solution , we argue for a competitive process through which the optimal level of disclosu...

The Role of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Iran and Malaysia their Intra industry Trade (IIT)

Properties of membership services

A membership service is used in a distributed system to maintain information about which sites are functioning and which have failed at any given time. Such services have proven to be fundamental for constructing distributed applications, with many example services and algorithms deened in the literature. Despite these eeorts, however, little has been done on examining the abstract properties i...