1st Edition

Assessment and Measurement of Regional Integration

Edited By Philippe De Lombaerde Copyright 2006
280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A unique examination of why the quest for global free trade often forgets that trade liberalization is organized regionally rather than multilaterally. There are now more than 250 regional integration initiatives and this number is steadily increasing. This trend raises a key question: What is the impact of regional integration, both for the countries involved and for those... Read more

Part 1. General Theoretical and Methodological Aspects  1. Indicators of Regional Integration: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects  2. Towards a Qualitative Monitoring of Regional Integration  3. Communicative Indicators for the Study of Regional Integration: a Critical Theory perspective  Part 2. Assessment of Economic Integration  4. Regional Integration Agreements and the Geography of World Trade: Statistical Indicators and Empirical Evidence  5. Explaining Regionalisation via Relative Trade Intensities  6. Assessing the Impact of Regional Integration Agreements: an Analytical Framework for Rulemaking in Trade and Investment  7. Comparative Fiscal Integration Indicators  8. Indicators of Real Economic Convergence  9. Measuring and Explaining Levels of Regional Economic Integration  Part 3. Assessing Political Integration, Regional Governance and Peace  10. Regional Integration and (Good) Regional Governance: Are Common Standards and Indicators Possible?  11. Assessing Accountability of Regional Organisations  12. Measuring the Impact of Regional Organizations on Peace Building

 

Biography

Philippe De Lombaerde is an economist and a Research Fellow at the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges, Belgium.