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Institution building for African regionalism

Khadiagala, Gilbert M. - 2011

Since the 1960s, African states have embraced regional integration as a vital mechanism for political cooperation and for pooling resources to overcome problems of small and fragmented economies. In building meaningful institutions for regionalism, however, Africans have faced the challenges of...

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The political economy of regional cooperation in South Asia

Desai, Vishvanath V. - 2010

Regional cooperation arrangements (RCAs) have produced vastly dissimilar performances; some have spurred remarkable expansion in trade and cooperation among members, while several others have achieved little. Studies show that performances vary because RCAs differ from one another in important...

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Developing indicators for regional economic integration and cooperation

Capannelli, Giovanni; Lee, Jong-Wha; Petri, Peter A. - 2009

We develop indicators to measure the degree of economic integration and cooperation among East Asian economies and compare these with similar measures for other regions. Our indicators cover regional integration in trade, investment, financial assets, and people-to-people exchange. We also...

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South Caucasus-People's Republic of China bilateral free trade agreements : why it matters

Hovhanesian, Hasmik; Manasyan, Heghine - 2014

Regional integration could be turned into a basic factor for economic growth if combined with a strong economic-development-oriented governmental strategy. The effects of regional integration can be maximized for countries stressing open trade as opposed to creating trade-diverting conditions,...

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Critical review of East Asia – South America trade

Yamanaka, Shintarō; Tafgar, Aiken - 2013

There is a general consensus that trade between East Asia and South America is becoming increasingly important. However, we know little about the actual dynamic development of this inter-regional trade. This paper examines whether the trend of East Asia-South America trade is a general phenomena...

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Regional surveillance for East Asia : how can it be designed to complement global surveillance?

Takagi, Shinji - 2010

This paper discusses conceptual and operational issues related to regional surveillance for East Asia, which is a topic that has assumed considerable prominence in recent months. The need for regional surveillance is both immediate and evolving. For the immediate need, a surveillance mechanism...

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On the use of FTAs : a review of research methodologies

Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2013

There has been much confusion, rather than debate, on the use of free trade agreements (FTAs). Unfortunately, a large part of the confusion is caused by the absence of consensus on the meaning of key terms such as the "utilization rate" and "usage rate" of FTAs, and the lack of knowledge on...

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A macroprudential framework for monitoring and examining financial soundness

Schou-Zibell, Lotte; Albert, Jose Ramon; Song, Lei Lei - 2010

America, and Europe, as well as selected economies from the developed world, panel regressions are estimated to quantify the …

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World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation : assessing the level of ambition and likely impacts

Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2014

At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the …

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From spaghetti bowl to jigsaw puzzle? : addressing the disarray in the world trade system

Menon, Jayant - 2014

-Pacific Partnership (TPP) suggests that the world trade system is fragmenting to the point it appears more like a jigsaw puzzle than a … spaghetti bowl. There are both regional and global jigsaw puzzles to be solved - in that order - to clean up the world trade … known, while piecing together the blocs around the world to form a coherent whole is even more challenging. In this context …

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