Foreword
Juan A. Casa and
Andrew Cassels
Part I. The global perspective
Globalization, global public goods, and health
David Woodward, Nick Drager, Robert Beaglehole, and Debra Lipson
Health services under the General Agreement on Trade Services
Rudolph Adlung and Antonia Carzaniga
Trade in heatlh services
Rupa Chanda
Part II. The perspective from the trade and negotiation policies
Trade and public health in an open economy: a framework for analysis
Henryk Kierzkowski
Trade policies and export of health services: a development perspective
David Díaz Benavides
Identifying a trade-negotiation agenda
Simonetta Zarrilli
Part III. Regional perspectives and country case studies
A. South-East Asia
Overview of the South-East Asia Region
Karin Timmermans
International trade in health services in the millenium: the case of Thailand
Wattana S. Janjaroen and Siripen Supakankunti
International relations within Indonesia's hospital sector
Dono Widiatmoko and Ascobat Gani
B. The Americas
Trade in health services in the Region of the Americas
Division of Health and Human Development, PAHO
The case of Brazil
Simonetta Zarrilli
The case of Chilean heatlh system 1983-2000
Francisco León
The case of the United States of America
Bernard Ascher
An approach to trade and heatlh at Heatlh Canada
Jake Vellinga
C. Eastern Mediterranean
The Eastern Mediterranean Region perspective
Belgacem Sabri
Health services in Tunisia in the light of World Trade Organization agreements
Hédi Achouri and Noureddine Achour
Part IV. Conclusions
Toward a positive multilateral trade agenda for developing countries: meeting conclusions and recommendations