-Saharan Africa (ECOWAS and SADC), Asia (AFTA and SAPTA) and Latin America (CACM, CAN, and MERCOSUR), estimating their impacts on …

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 …

via agreements. Given that East Asia and Latin America are two fertile regions where both forms of integrations have taken … place, the authors examine the experiences of these two areas. There are four related results. First, East Asia had been … treaties until recently, East Asia is more integrated among itself than Latin America. Third, from a purely economic and trade …

and emerging countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Responses were classified according to the World Bank …

excessive regulation and where democracy is weak. In particular, our results suggest that the incidence of graft in Africa would …

, South Africa, Uganda, and Venezuela from their inception to the early 2000s. Using the comparative case study method, he …

developed countries. Nonetheless, South Asia's inflows of foreign direct investment remain the lowest relative to gross domestic … product among developing country regions. Why are South Asia's foreign direct investment inflows so low and what lessons can … leading to this conclusion are South Asia's current low levels of foreign direct investment, the many unexploited …