Regional Trade Integration and South-South Cooperation

Contents: Preface. 1. Regional trade integration: approaches and strategies. 2. Regional trade cooperation: emerging trends in Africa, Asia and Latin America. 3. Intra-regional trade and south-south cooperation: African, Asian and Latin American Perspective. 4. Direction and destination of intra-regional trade in the developing world. 5. Regional economic integration and the prospects of south-south cooperation. 6. Regional trade agreements and economic development: an overview. 7. Liberalization and the future of regional trade agreements. 8. Trade facilitation and regional integration. 9. Promoting development through regional agreements on services and labour. Bibliography. Index.

"Approaches and strategies of regional trade integration has been thoroughly examined in the very first chapter of this book. The trends of regional trade arrangement in Africa, Asia and Latin America have been critically investigated in the next chapter. Intra-regional trade and south-south cooperation within the African, Asian and Latin America perspective has been examined in the third chapter.

Direction and destination of intra-regional trade in the developing world have been incorporated in a separate chapter. The impact of regional trade integration on the concept of south-south cooperation has been assessed in another chapter.

The linkages between regional trade agreements and economic development have been examined in a comprehensive and critical manner in the sixth chapter. Liberalisation and the future of regional trade agreements, trade facilitation and regional integration and promoting development through regional agreements on services and labour have been covered in the seventh, eighth and ninth chapter respectively. The book is the original, comprehensive and critical account of the various issues related to regional trade and its overall impact on south-south cooperation." (jacket)