integration of China has deepened production fragmentation in East Asia, countering fears of crowding out other countries for … international specialization. International production fragmentation in East Asia has intensified intraregional trade but has … significantly to growth in East Asia, they also breed vulnerabilities. They have not automatically led to technology spillovers and …

-Saharan Africa (ECOWAS and SADC), Asia (AFTA and SAPTA) and Latin America (CACM, CAN, and MERCOSUR), estimating their impacts on … successful among them, with an estimated positive impact on its members' imports from the rest of the world (hence no trade … diversion), but its impact on their exports to the rest of the world is rather limited. During its first 10 years of existence …

The rise of Asia is something of a myth. During 1990-2005 China accounted for 28 percent of global growth, measured at … Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). India accounted for 9 percent. The rest of developing Asia, with nearly a billion people …

low bargaining power and fixed costs, small states face a severe disadvantage in negotiations with the rest of the world …

An export-oriented development strategy fostered the Asia Paci?c region?s economic success, making it the fastest … growing region in the world. In recent years, despite waning demand from the crisis-hit Western economies, the accelerating … demand from China boosted intraregional trade in Asia. Although China?s Asian trading partners bene?t from increasing exports …

This paper examines opportunities for Sub-Saharan African countries to effectively participate in globalization … gain benefits from global network trade? Over the past 15 years Asia has become Africa's fastest growing export market … will not continue in the near future. The authors acknowledge the numerous caveats in Asia's growing interest in the …

inflows. But country developments are at least as important in determining those flows, especially for Asia. They also find …

This paper documents the major trends in financial development in Asia since the early 1990s and the spillovers to … firms. It compares Asia with advanced and emerging countries and uses both aggregate and disaggregate indicators. Financial … systems in Asia remain less developed than in advanced countries but more developed than in Eastern Europe and Latin America …

world differently. Using a combination of static and dynamic panel data analysis, we find that while increases in trade per …