1、Primer on data for trade in services and development policiesTechnical cooperation outcomeUNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 2025,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The findings,interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not neces

2、sarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States.The designations employed and the presentation of material on any map in this work do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country,terri

3、tory,city or area or of its authorities,or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.This publication has not been formally edited.UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2025/8AcknowledgementsThis report was prepared,under the overall guidance of Luz Maria de la Mora,Director of the UNCTAD Division on

4、 International Trade and Commodities,and the supervision of Miho Shirotori,by a team comprising Dong Wu,Katalin Bokor,Peter Lunenborg and Bruno Antunes.Alexander Blackburn,Sanja Blazevic,Anu Peltola,Daniel Ker and Graham Mott provided valuable inputs and feedback.UNCTAD gratefully acknowledges the c

5、ontributions of Ingo Borchert,Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex,and Eugenia Go,independent consultant,as well as inputs and feedback from Carlotta Schuster(Economic Commission for Africa,United Nations).The report benefited from consultations with members of the UNCTAD informal work

6、ing group on data for services,trade and development policies,and participants at an open consultation on the report,held in February 2025.UNCTAD further gratefully acknowledges comments and feedback on the draft from the following:Agne Bikauskaite(Eurostat),Christian Volpe(Inter-American Developmen