For the first time in its history, Latin America can benefit from not one but three major engines of world growth. Until the 1980s, the United States was the region's major trade partner. In the 1990s, a second growth engine emerged with the European investment boom in Latin America. Now, at the...

This manual provides guidance on how to measure and interpret measurements of globalization's extent and intensity. The manual defines concepts and puts forward guidelines for data collection and fine-tuning of globalization indicators. In particular, it looks at indicators related to foreign...

Für die Marktwirtschaften der OECD-Länder ist regionale Integration ein bedeutender Faktor. Warenaustausch und ausländische Direktinvestitionen zwischen benachbarten Staaten haben zu einem deutlichen Wirtschaftswachstum geführt. Obwohl weitgehend politische Abmachungen fehlten, hat sich die...