The Future of South-South Economic Relations

ISBN-13: 9781780323930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str.

Adil Najam; Rachel Thrasher

Opis

In recent years, it has become apparent that South-South economic relations are increasing, and will continue to do so. There will be more trade agreements and more trade, more economic alliances and more political alliances with economic goals, more investment flows and an increasing acknowledgement that the Global South has more to offer than it has in the past. These new economics relations have great potential, both for harm and for good. In the absence of directed policies and intentional actors, imbalances of power and growing gaps in development will persist. With the right policies in place, however, these relationships could forge a new global order with greater economic and political equality.
Covering a wide range of topics, including regional trade integration in Africa, the environmental impact of increased South-South trade, the changing patterns of South-South investment, and the effect of conflict on trade in South Asia, this ground-breaking volume presents an analysis of South-South economic relations, and how they might impact and be impacted by the rest of the world.

Spis treści

Introduction - Rachel Thrasher and Adil Najam 1. Latin American economic cooperation: causes and consequences of regime complexity -Laura Gómez-Mera 2. African trade and economic integration: longer-range prospects - Eric Kehinde Ogunleye 3. Financial crisis and regional economic cooperation in Asia-Pacific - Nagesh Kumar 4. Regional trade integration and conflict resolution: an institutional paradigm - Shaheen Rafi Khan 5. Developing countries at the WTO in a changing global order - Haroldo Ramanzini Jr and Manuela Trindade Viana 6. South-South foreign direct investment flows: wishful thinking or reality? - Mariana Rangel 7. Brazil: South-South economic relations and global governance - Alcides Costa Vaz 8. South-South trade and the environment - Kathryn Hochstetler 9. Latin America and China: trading short-term growth for (China's) long-run prosperity - Kevin P. Gallagher 10. Growing economic relations between the GCC and Chindia - Nader Habibi