The paper applies a network analysis framework to analyze the regional and global integration of Latin American and … Caribbean (LAC) countries. We compare network-based measures of trade integration to conventional measures, decomposing … integration along several dimensions to better understand the sources of trade connectivity and their impact on growth. The paper …

Institutional regionalization has come late to East Asia compared to Europe, but its pace has accelerated since the mid … China. We first analyze regional economic integration in East Asia, questioning the notion of open regionalism. In a second …

This paper examines the history of regional integration in Africa, what has motivated it, the different initiatives … that African governments have pursued, the nature of the integration process, and the current challenges. Regional … integration is seen as a rational response to the difficulties faced by a continent with many small national markets and …

The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This … paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation - i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures … export volumes and export diversification. -- Barcelona Process ; Mediterranean Union ; European Union ; Deeper Integration …

The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This … paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation – i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures …

theoretical and practical limitations of the theory of comparative advantage, which serves as the justification for the free …

stand to lose. Most studies agree though that trade opening probably adds to aggregate welfare, but gains are small and …

If South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are to become constructively engaged in the next attempt by World Trade … economic effects on their economies of further liberalizing world trade post-Uruguay Round. The results show that the …

exports by affiliates, exports to the headquarters country and exports to the rest of the world. The main findings are that … policies toward multinationals are related to production of rest-of-world exports. Labor costs and taxes, traditional …