This dissertation investigates the impact of economic integration on human development, considering the missing links among economic integration, economic development, government performance, and human development. It distinguishes between economic development and human development, and tests some hypotheses of free trade theory and human development theory. Neo-liberal free trade theorists argue that more economic integration, defined as free trade, and less government intervention in a market economy, will improve economic development, which automatically improves human development. To the...
This dissertation investigates the impact of economic integration on human development, considering the missing links among economic integration, econ...