New report looks into boosting developing countries’ participation in services trade

The growth of developing economies’ services exports has exceeded the world average over the past two decades but more needs to be done to fully realize the contribution of services trade to development. This is one of the key messages of a new WTO-World Bank co-publication launched by the WTO Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the World Bank President, Ajay Banga, at an online event on 3 July.