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Regional integration in developing countries: Some lessons based on case studies

The main focus of this paper is the question if the success of regional integration organisation in developing countries is, in fact, dependent on factors like similarity of their economic structure, market size or lack of committment. It is shown that there are also other more important institutional and politico-economical reasons to explain the functioning of such organisations in developing countries. Case studies of ECOWAS and SADC will be used to discuss this question. It is also very often argued that southsouth integration is inferior to north-south integration. This will be discussed considering the case of MERCOSUR as an example.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 251

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
Economic Integration
Thema
regional integration
economic development
Africa
Latin America
political economy
Handelsregionalisierung
Wirtschaftsintegration
Süd-Süd-Beziehungen
Erfolgsfaktor
Public Choice
SADC-Staaten
ECOWAS-Staaten
MERCOSUR-Staaten
Entwicklungsländer

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Shams, Rasul
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
(wo)
Hamburg
(wann)
2003

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Shams, Rasul
  • Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)

Entstanden

  • 2003

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