Regional Integration and Economic Development

by Frank G Burke, A. Hosono, B. Stallings

Overview

Regional integration seems to be thriving, as the examples of the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN), the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), and the Southern Common Market well illustrate. More ambitious schemes, such as Asian Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), and those for Western hemispheric integration are also underway. How do these trends for integration relate to national development strategies? The contributors to this volume provide new insights into these developments as well as assessing the prospects for further integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333774847
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/06/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Neantro Saavedra-Rivano is Professor, Institue of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba.

Akio Hosono is Professor, Research Institute of Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University.

Barbara Stallings is Director, Economic Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

Part I: Evaluation of Regional Integration Schemes
* Overview—Barbara Stallings
* Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties—Fernando González-Vigil
* How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?—Ippei Yamazawa
* Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America—Francisco Zapata
* Part II: National Perspectives on Integration and Development Strategies
* Overview—Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
* The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy—Manuel R. Agosín
* Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment—Maria Luiza Falcão Silva, Joaquim Pinto de Andrade & Thomas S. Torrance
* Developmental Affinities in Regional Integration—Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
* Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective—Mahani Zainal Abidin
* Economic Globalization, Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy—Zhou Jianming
* Part III: Cross-Pacific Cooperation and Integration
* Overview—Akio Hosono
* Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?—Mohamed Ariff
* Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation—Akio Hosono
* Perspectives on Trade between Latin America and Asia-Pacific—Miko Kuwayama

Part I: Evaluation of Regional Integration Schemes
* Overview—Barbara Stallings
* Andean Community Trade Flowsand Policies in the Nineties—Fernando González-Vigil
* How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?—Ippei Yamazawa
* Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America—Francisco Zapata
* Part II: National Perspectives on Integration and Development Strategies
* Overview—Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
* The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy—Manuel R. Agosín
* Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment—Maria Luiza Falcão Silva, Joaquim Pinto de Andrade & Thomas S. Torrance
* Developmental Affinities in Regional Integration—Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
* Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective—Mahani Zainal Abidin
* Economic Globalization, Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy—Zhou Jianming
* Part III: Cross-Pacific Cooperation and Integration
* Overview—Akio Hosono
* Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?—Mohamed Ariff
* Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation—Akio Hosono
* Perspectives on Trade between Latin America and Asia-Pacific—Miko Kuwayama