Regional Integration and Multilateral Cooperation in the Global Economy

Contributing authors: Ernest Aryeetey, Robert Devlin, Mohamed El-Erian, Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Björn Hettne, András Inotai, Mats Karlsson, Hans Peter Lankes, Charles Oman, Arvind Panagariya, Miria Pigato, Jan Pronk, Piritta Sorsa, Jan Joost Teunissen, Rosalind Thomas
Editor: Jan Joost Teunissen
Summary
This book concludes a multi-volume series which explores how regional integration and multilateral cooperation can be promoted in a mutually reinforcing manner. It includes papers presented at a two-day conference in which scholars and policymakers from various national and international organisations examined the role of regional integration and multilateral cooperation in a globalising economy. Contributors to the volume are Ernest Aryeety, Robert Devlin, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Björn Hettne, András Inotai, Mats Karlsson, Hans Peter Lankes, Charles P. Oman, Arvind Panagariya, Miria Pigato, Jan P. Pronk, Piritta Sorsa and Rosalind H. Thomas. In addition, the volume includes summaries of the floor discussions at the conference.
Contents

Acknowledgements, Notes on the Contributors, Abbreviations

Introduction by Jan Joost Teunissen

I Globalisation, Regionalisation and Governance
  • "Globalisation and Regionalisation", Jan P. Pronk
  • "Globalisation, Regionalism and Global Economic Governance", Mats Karlsson
II Europe
  • "Prospects and Priorities of Regional Integration in Europe with Special Regard to Eastern Enlargement", András Inotai
  • "Transition and Integration in Eastern Europe", Hans Peter Lankes
  • "The Challenges of EU Accession in the Baltics", Piritta Sorsa
  • Floor Discussion
III Asia and Latin America
  • "Preferential Trading in Asia", Arvind Panagariya
  • "Regional Integration in South Asia", Miria Pigato
  • "Towards an Evaluation of Regional Integration in Latin America in the 1990s", Robert Devlin and Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
  • Floor Discussion
IV Africa and the Middle East
  • "The Prospect and Priorities of Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa", Ernest Aryeety
  • "The SADC Protocol and the Enabling Clause: A View from South Africa", Rosalind H. Thomas
  • "Regional Economic Interaction in the Middle East and North Africa", Mohamed A. El-Erian
  • Floor Discussion

V Regionalism and Multilateralism: The Debate Reviewed

  • "The New Regionalism: Security and Development", Björn Hettne
  • "The Policy Challenges of Globalisation and Regionalisation", Charles Oman
  • Floor Discussion

Appendix: List of Participants
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May 1998
ISBN-10: 90-74208-12-6

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