Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania

Services represent a most important and dynamic frontier of international trade and investment. The steady expansion of trade in services and its relative resilience in the recent crisis, coupled with its key role in global production networks and its increasing potential in attracting investment...

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Main Authors: AGNES GHIBUŢIU, ANDRA GHIBUŢIU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicolae Titulescu University 2014-05-01
Series:Global Economic Observer
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Online Access:http://www.globeco.ro/wp-content/uploads/vol/split/vol_2_no_1/geo_2014_vol2_no1_art_017.pdf
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description Services represent a most important and dynamic frontier of international trade and investment. The steady expansion of trade in services and its relative resilience in the recent crisis, coupled with its key role in global production networks and its increasing potential in attracting investment provides new opportunities for countries to grow their economies and integrate into the global economy. Drawing on insights from current literature and relying on balance of payments and trade in value-added statistics, this paper examines the main developments shaping Romania’s services trade over the post-crisis years. Its aim is to assess whether the country is seizing the new opportunities arising from services globalization. It finds that following the dramatic crisis-induced decline in the value and performance of Romania’s services trade, the outlook is now radically improving as evidenced by strongly rebounding services flows and net exports. Nonetheless, the country’s integration into the global economy through services flows continues to remain below its potential.
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spelling doaj-art-271ef05871e441e0a01a4ab421241d952025-08-20T04:02:37ZengNicolae Titulescu UniversityGlobal Economic Observer2343-97422343-97502014-05-0121181191Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of RomaniaAGNES GHIBUŢIU0ANDRA GHIBUŢIU1Senior Research Fellow, PhD, Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy, ROMANIAAssistant, PhD, Academy of Economic Studies, ROMANIA Services represent a most important and dynamic frontier of international trade and investment. The steady expansion of trade in services and its relative resilience in the recent crisis, coupled with its key role in global production networks and its increasing potential in attracting investment provides new opportunities for countries to grow their economies and integrate into the global economy. Drawing on insights from current literature and relying on balance of payments and trade in value-added statistics, this paper examines the main developments shaping Romania’s services trade over the post-crisis years. Its aim is to assess whether the country is seizing the new opportunities arising from services globalization. It finds that following the dramatic crisis-induced decline in the value and performance of Romania’s services trade, the outlook is now radically improving as evidenced by strongly rebounding services flows and net exports. Nonetheless, the country’s integration into the global economy through services flows continues to remain below its potential.http://www.globeco.ro/wp-content/uploads/vol/split/vol_2_no_1/geo_2014_vol2_no1_art_017.pdfRomaniatrade in servicesglobal economyEuropean Unionservices outsourcingtrade in value-addedglobal value chainstransnational corporations
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Global Economic Observer
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trade in services
global economy
European Union
services outsourcing
trade in value-added
global value chains
transnational corporations
title Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania
title_full Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania
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title_full_unstemmed Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania
title_short Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania
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topic Romania
trade in services
global economy
European Union
services outsourcing
trade in value-added
global value chains
transnational corporations
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