Neither regional integration nor trade is a welfare or policy objective in itself. If countries are pursuing policies … definition: there is a long history of seeing integration through trade as a way of preventing conflict among countries. …

Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin … the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty and offer contrasting points of view about whether freer trade can … socioeconomic conditions play a key role in determining how trade integration affects poverty. Because transmission channels are …

Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin … the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty and offer contrasting points of view about whether freer trade can … socioeconomic conditions play a key role in determining how trade integration affects poverty. Because transmission channels are …

The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport … costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The region can no longer rely solely on trade … international trade. The book finds that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transport costs that are generally higher …

such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional, regional, and global trade architecture, and …

barriers to international trade and investment. On the plus side, developed countries are firmly committed to the trade …