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© 2003 International Monetary IMF
PDP/03/6
IMF Policy Discussion Paper
Policy Development and Review Department
International Trade in Services: Implications for the IMF
Prepared by Alexander Lehmann, Natalia T. Tamirisa, and Jaroslaw Wieczorek1
December 2003
This paper builds on the work of the PDR Department’s Trade Policy Division and earlier drafts benefited from comments and contributions by Marc Auboin, Anne McGuirk, and Robert Sharer. Geoff Bannister, Liam Ebrill, David Grigorian, Alexei Kireyev, Hans Peter Lankes, Aaditya Mattoo, Ramanand Mundkur, Neil Patterson, Deborah Siegel, Piritta Sorsa, Arvind Subramanian, Stephen Tokarick, and a number of colleagues in the Policy Development and Review Department have commented on the present draft. Research assistance from Dustin Smith and editorial assistance from Mary Jo Marquez are gratefully acknowledged.