Part 1: Introducing Regional Integration.-The Economic Value of Regional Integration in Africa -- Current Account Im(balances) and Adjustments to Targets for Regional Integration in West Africa: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards -- Obstacles to Strengthening Economic Integration in the West...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of both national and regional trade facilitation capacities, issues, challenges and lessons, with a special interest in sustainably advancing West Africa’s regional trade facilitation agenda. It examines the contributions of trade facilitation...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Imperial Ties and Free Trade -- Chapter 3. Protests and Power Turbines – Korea, 1980 -- Chapter 4. Whisky, Drugs and Bonds – Korea, 1987 – 1997 -- Chapter 5. Gratuitously Disagreeable – Taiwan, 1980 – 1990 -- Chapter 6. Planes, Trains and Visas –...

Language Requirement for Naturalization, Linguistic Networks, and International Migration: The Role of Common Unofficial Language -- Smart digitalization in Nordic cities and municipalities through Internet of Things -- Are attitudes to financial risk reflected in precautional measures during...

1. Southeast Asia and the AEC, an Introduction -- 2. The Philippines -- 3. The Vietnamese Economy at the Crossroads -- 4. Thailand -- 5. Malaysia: Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Integration -- 6. Singapore: Working Towards Prosperity -- 7. Indonesia: Choosing between the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economics Policies, Paradigm Shifts and their Implications -- 3. Economic Development and the Belt and Road Initiative -- 4. Regional Integration, Trade and the Belt and Road Initiative -- 5. The Development of Infrastructure and Economic Growth -- 6. Projects of the Belt...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Changing International Financial System -- 3. International Economic Growth -- 4. The Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on China's Domestic Economy -- 5. Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Domestic Economies of Participating Countries -- 6. Effects of...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. China’s four decades of reforms and development -- Chapter 3. China’s new style of globalization as a route to a more sustainable growth path -- Chapter 4. The Rationale for the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative -- Chapter 5. China’s financial deepening...

1 Framework of the SREB Initiative -- 2 Connectivity Construction -- 3 Trade and Investment Facilitation -- 4 Industrial Cooperation and Upgrading -- 5 Construction and Upgrading of Urbanization in Western China -- 6 Regionalization and Internationalization of Currency -- 7 Guarantee Mechanism...

Introduction -- External Market and Regional Industrialization -- Structural Characteristics of Major Regional Markets -- Evolution of the Asian Market Structure,- Cooperation and Development in Asia -- Changes in China’s Economic Relations in Asia -- Impact of China’s Rise on the Regional...