About Centad
Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) is a registered, independent,
not-for-profit organisation that carries out policy research and advocacy
on issues around trade and development. Its publications are well received
by policy makers.
Background
Services constitute approximately half of the GDP of developing countries
and trade in services is the fastest growing sector in world trade. Trade
in services occupies 30 percent of India’s exports. These are in the form
of four modes of services delivery. Mode 1 refers to cross-border supply,
for instance call centers (India’s BPO sector at US$7.7 billion is seven
times that of China). Mode 2 relates to consumption abroad. Medical care,
education, and tourism are few of the services delivered by this mode.
Mode 3 refers to commercial presence, where delivery requires FDI for
instance banking and financial services. Mode 4 refers to movement of
natural persons, where services are delivered by individuals traveling
to other countries e.g. IT professionals.
Centad is instituting a call for papers for researchers on key areas of
trade in services, to address current research gaps. Papers are expected
to have an India focus, development linkages and provide a policy angle.
Papers should also include India’s negotiations in the WTO as well as
provide inputs for future negotiations.
Trade researchers, economists, lawyers, social scientists are invited
to submit abstracts. The call for papers is subdivided into 1) Sectoral
Analysis and 2) Thematic Analysis.
Sectoral Analysis
Sectoral themes refer to studies on sectors for instance those listed
under 12 headings in the classification system adopted by the WTO. These
include distribution services, professional services, financial services
etc. Within the sector selected, the paper may encompass
- Market access
- India’s competitiveness in all four modes of service delivery
- Domestic regulation at federal and state level
Researchers are encouraged to use alternative classification methods for
instance consumer services, public utility services, infrastructure etc.
Thematic Analysis
Thematic areas refer to crosscutting issues that are overarching and generally
relate to some or most sectors of trade in services. These may include
- Liberalisation of services in India
- Barriers to trade in services
- Conceptual studies on productivity, competitiveness etc
- Studies on individual modes of supply
- Domestic regulation in destination markets
Extended Abstracts/Paper Submission
The abstracts should clearly delineate
- Topic
- Rationale
- Hypothesis/Objectives/Addressed questions
- Research methodology
- Proposed sections
The abstracts should be submitted electronically (MS word, maximum 1200
words) with a separate sheet providing details of the researcher. Name
of the researcher should not appear on the abstract sheet. A team of experts
will review the abstracts for originality and relevance. Researchers whose
abstracts are selected will be required to submit full papers which will
be collated, peer reviewed and edited in the form of a book, by experts.
Centad will pay Rs. 20,000 to the researcher/s whose papers are selected.
Important Dates
Last date to email abstract – 7 March 2006
Selection of abstracts – 31 March 2006
Last date to submit final paper – 10 July 2006
Contact Us:
Centre for Trade and Development,
#406, Bhikaiji Cama Bhawan,
Bhikaiji Cama Place,
New Delhi – 110066
INDIA
Email: centad@centad.org
Phone: +91 - 11 - 4145 9226.