This Industry Commission research report was released in January 1998. The report resulted from an Industry Commission study of exports of government servicescovering Commonwealth, State and Territory governments.

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Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Terms of Reference, Overview, Recommendations

1   What is the Study About?
1.1   The reference
1.2   The Commission's approach
1.3   Information sources
1.4   Structure of the report

2   Trade in Government Services
2.1   Current export activity
2.2   The role of aid programs
2.3   Future prospects

3   Government Agencies as Exporters
3.1   The benefits of exporting - participants' views
3.2   Weighing the benefits against the costs
3.3   The policy framework

4   Export Guidelines
4.1   Current approaches
4.2   Clarifying the policy framework
4.3   Approaches to risk
4.4   Protection and use of intellectual property
4.5   Some operational matters

5   Collaboration and Competition with Private Firms
5.1   Interface with the private sector
5.2   Competitive neutrality issues

6   Coordination of Export Activity
6.1   Current coordination arrangements
6.2   The merits of coordination arrangements
6.3   Australia-wide coordination

7   Agency Best Practice
7.1   Introduction
7.2   Preparing the agency for exporting
7.3   Understanding the market
7.4   Operating successfully in the market
7.5   Conclusions

Appendix A   Public consultation
A1   Visits and meetings
A2   Submissions received

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