The growth of the services sector in developing countries and their increased participation in trade in services have far-reaching implications for promotion of employment and income and management of international migration. The book brings out these implications in the context of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and explains how trade-related temporary movements of persons can be a partial substitute for longer-term migration, serving the interests of both developed and developing countries in a more efficient global economy.

Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - List of Tables, Boxes, Figures and Appendices - Forewords - Introduction - Growth of the Services Sector and Its Role in the National Economy - Trade in Services and the Global Economy - Enhancing Participation of Developing Countries in Trade in Services - The General Agreement on Trade in Services and Movements of Natural Persons - Prospects and Areas of International Co-operation - Services, Trade-related Temporary Movements and Migration Management: Some Concluding Remarks - Bibliography - Index