Theoretically, LDCs’ current share (0.5 per cent) of the global services market presents enormous potential to export to the rapidly growing market34 and, in principle, the services waiver can help LDCs’ exports of services to flourish in some sectors. However, little is known about LDCs’ potential to export services and, too often, it is simply assumed that LDCs cannot export services just because they have not done so in a significant way until now. However, the LDC group has stepped up efforts to develop a set of commercially meaningful requests in view of operationalising the services waiver. It should continue to do so and focus on presenting such a request to potential preference-granting countries as a first step in the preparation for the high-level meeting envisaged by ministers in the Bali decision.