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

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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.

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  • Shams, Rasul, 2003. "Regional integration in developing countries: Some lessons based on case studies," HWWA Discussion Papers 251, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA).
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    regional integration; economic development; Africa; Latin America; political economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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