Beyond Borders 2002 Report : The New Regionalism in Latin America - Economic and Social Progress in Latin America

by Inter-American Development Bank

• ISBN13: 9781931003230
• ISBN10: 1931003238
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Summary

Although regional integration initiatives have a long history in the world economy, these efforts have expanded significantly since the 1990s. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a wave of regional integration initiatives has included free trade areas, customs unions, and steps towards common markets. The emergence of this "new regionalism" of trade in which global and regional forces complement one another has been driven by such factors as the opening up of economies and structural reforms. This year's edition of Economic and Social Progress in Latin America explores the dimensions of integration, macroeconomic coordination, and the effects of regional integration on productivity, market access, foreign direct investment, infrastructure and income inequality. Topics include subregional integration schemes, the multilateral trade agenda launched in Doha, initiatives such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and interregional agreements with the European Union.

Table of Contents

Road Map to this Edition	vi
Regional Integration: Summary and Agenda	1	(22)
Part I Dimensions of Regional Integration
The New Regionalism in Latin America	23	(38)
Market Access	61	(26)
Regional Institutions and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms	87	(14)
Financial Integration	101	(24)
Regional Infrastructure	125	(22)
Part II Macroeconomic Coordination
Macroeconomic Coordination in the Region	147	(24)
Trade Agreements, Exchange Rate Disagreements	171	(20)
Currency Unions	191	(32)
Part III Effects of Regional Integration
Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment	223	(22)
Regional Integration and Productivity	245	(24)
Regional Integration and Wage Inequality	269