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Services Policy Review: Paraguay

The government of Paraguay, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), with the assistance of UNCTAD, initiated the Services Policy Review of Paraguay. The outcome of this SPR is this report.

This report has been developed in close communication and collaboration with MIC and a broad range of national government, business and civil stakeholders.

The objectives of this report are:

  • To assess, in general terms, the current state of development in the services sector;

  • To identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges in specific services sub-sectors;

  • To identify or determine policy options, including regulatory, institutional and sector-specific trade policy reform measures that can enhance the contribution of services to the advancement of national developmental objectives;

  • To articulate ways to ensure the sustainability of the development gains occasioned by services sector reforms, including in their contribution to the achievement of the national Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);

  • To identify specific measures aimed at strengthening capacities to engage effectively in trade in services and trade in services negotiations.

Services Policy Review: Paraguay (UNCTAD/DITC/TNCD/2014/2)
14 Apr 2015
 
26 Feb 2018