Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Benefits of More Global and Regional Financial Integration in Latin America -- 3 Barriers to Integration in Banking -- 4 Barriers to Integration in the Insurance Sector -- 5 Barriers to Integration for...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction and Summary of Results -- Even in the age of globalization, geography matters for trade, factor flows, and economic performance -- Regional trade in LAC and in the Americas:...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Lessons from the WAEMU: Findings and Recommendations -- PART I OVERVIEW AND POLICY SETTING -- 1 Institutional Arrangements and Regional Integration -- 2 Macroeconomic Setting and Current Challenges...

This excellent new book contains contributions from a number of leading experts and is the result of the UNU/WIDER project on globalization and low-income countries. The discussion focuses in on how to harness globalization for the benefit of present day marginalized countries and enhance their...

The accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO significantly transformed global economic relations. This book systematically analyses and explains the development, nature and challenges of rules-based regional economic integration in East Asia.

Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 -- Free Trade and Protection of Human Rights in the Americas -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Overview of Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- III. Free Trade Agreements and Integration in the Americas: The...

Cover -- SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- "I just don't feel like myself anymore": putting the patient's voice into integrated care -- PRACTITIONER COMMENTARY -- Collaborative authenticity -- PRACTITIONER COMMENTARY -- Incorporating digital self-services into integrated mental health...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Decline of Tax Politics in Eastern Europe -- Chapter 2: Creating a Capitalist Tax Structure after Communism -- Chapter 3: Ceding Control: European Integration and Consumption Taxes -- Chapter 4: The Race to the Bottom? Corporate Taxes and...

The rapid changes in the economic and political climate of the Balkan and the Black Sea countries demand continuous adjustments in the mixture of the implemented economic policy in the area. Under this framework, there is a special interest to investigate the impact of the global economic...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- ONE: The Size of States -- TWO: The Rise of the East -- THREE: The Decline and Resurgence of the West -- FOUR: The Unification of the United States and the Integration of the West -- FIVE: The Trauma of Power Transition -- SIX: Market Clusters Augment Size --...