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Autor: Katarzyna Nowacka-Bandosz 135
Strony: 135-146
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TRENDS IN GLOBAL TRADE IN OTHER SERVICES IN 1980–2009

Summary

The increased importance of services in international trade is one of the most significant characteristics of modern economy. This increase concerns especialy other services, one of the three main groups of services in the classification of international trade (together with transport and travel). Other services constitute a very diverse group which can be divided into traditional and modern services, the latter growing in importance in international trade. This paper shows that other services have been the most dynamic group of market services over previous decades, especially modern services. First of all, one should make mention of financial, computer and information services, royalties and license fees, and also certain other services, the development of which contributed to the transformation in the global structure of trade in services. Modern services as such play a great role in international exchange. Their development is connected with scientific and technical progress, characteristic for the modern market processes of servicization, globalization and liberalization of international trade in services.