This paper investigates regional and international integration of maize markets in Zambia to test wether the liberalization policy has led to internally and externally integrated food markets. The results indicate that regional maize markets
are integrated ; however, the level of regional and international market integration is low and has not increased over time. - (L'A.).
Africa ; Economicintegration ; Economic policy ; Political geography ; Region ; Regionalism ; Southern Africa
Afrique ; Afrique australe ; Géographie politique ; Intégration régionale ; Intégration économique ; Politique économique ; Région ; Régionalisme
Regionalintegration amongst the countries of Southern Africa is experiencing a fundamental realignment in the post-apartheid era. An examination of the principle factors, both international in the twenty-first century is offered. It is argued
that the existing political infrastructure supporting regionalintegration has the potential to promote rivalry between the various regional arrangements and, ultimately, their member states. - (AJC)
Regionaleconomicintegration and the evolution of disparities
Division of labour ; Economicintegration ; Europe ; Externalities ; Living standard ; Market ; Regional disparities ; Regional economy ; United States
, providing insights into past performance. The characteristics of regional inversion processes are discussed, and their potential for reducing interregional disparities as economicintegration advances. Innovation plays a central role.
The paper provides an overview of the evolution of interregional disparities in Europe and in the United States in recent decades, considering also the changes that economicintegration over the 1990s and beyond may bring. Data are analyzed
Identifying European economicintegration and globalization : a review of concepts and measures
Economic geography ; Economicintegration ; Economic policy ; Europe ; European Union ; Globalization ; Gross domestic product ; International trade ; Trade agreement ; Transaction cost
Processes of regionaleconomicintegration such as the European integration process have been shaping the economic relations between countries significantly during the last decades. At the same time an increasing integration of all national
economies into the global economy has affected these economic relations, too. In an effort to contribute to operationalizing these integration processes for the purpose of empirical analyses, this paper reviews the concepts and actual measures of European
integration and globalization. In particular, it discusses ways of separating the effects of European integration from those of globalization, thereby also reducing problems of endogeneity and collinearity.
Integrated evaluation on the regional developmental level
China ; Economic system ; Industrial structure ; Living standard ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Regional economy
The output functions of regionaleconomic system are principally restricted by the internal structure and external input. The A. present a measurement model of regional developmental level. According to the integrated evaluation coefficients, the 28
ASEAN economicintegration and a place for New Zealand
Asia ; Development strategy ; Division of labour ; Economic cooperation ; Economicintegration ; Investment ; New Zealand ; South-Eastern Asia ; Transnational corporation
Several forms of emerging regionaleconomic cooperation are discussed, including AFTA, subregional economic zones and the promotion of wider regionaleconomic forums. The role of large companies from within ASEAN is then examined and the distinctive
attibutes of these transnational corporations outlined. New Zealand's participation in ASEAN's economic growth is considered and the use of joint ventures and networking as ways of expanding participation within the region.
China and East Asia : an appraisal of regionaleconomicintegration
Asia ; China ; Eastern Asia ; Economic indicators ; Economicintegration ; Gravity model ; Hong Kong ; International trade ; Japan ; Regionalintegration ; South Korea ; Taiwan
Integration and disintegration: a political geography of the European Union
Economicintegration ; Europe ; European Union ; France ; Political geography ; Region ; Sovereignty ; Spain ; State ; United Kingdom
Espagne ; Etat ; Europe ; France ; Géographie politique ; Intégration économique ; Royaume-Uni ; Région ; Souveraineté ; Union Européenne
Description of moves toward integration in the European Union and discusses the implications of those trends for the future of the sovereign state. Spain, France and the United Kingdom are used as examples. - (DWG)
Africa ; Economic cooperation ; Economicintegration ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Southern Africa
The abolition of statutory apartheid in South Africa has opened up the possibilities for regionaleconomic cooperation. A range of groupings from customs unions to political-economic unions are examined with relation to integration theory. - (AJC)
Some theoretical problems concerning the study of economicregions in Geographical essays in Hungary.
Economie régionale ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Hongrie ; Région économique ; Théorie
The concept of the economicregion is defined. Its characteristics are the production profile/specialization/, complexity, the regional production complexes and the relationship between sectoral and integratedregions. (DLO).
Report on Ukrainian Regional Policy. The main trends of regional policy formation in conditions of realization Ukrainian Euro-integration strategy
Decentralization ; European Union ; European integration ; Geopolitical strategy ; Partnership ; Regional development ; Regional policy ; Ukraine
wide variety of form and methods for the organizational and economic stimulation of region development. The author aim is presented the Ukrainian policy and strategy to integration into EU. - (BJ)
This paper presents shortly the common regional policy of EU, which now is based on theory of “new regionalism” and on three principles: the subsidiary, the decentralization and the partnership. The regulation of EU regional policy provides for а
Economic structure and change in the Balkan region : implications for integration, transition and economic cooperation
Albania ; Balkans ; Bulgaria ; Economic cooperation ; Economic indicators ; Economicintegration ; Economic restructuring ; Economic situation ; Economic space ; Economic structure ; Economy ; Europe ; Former Yugoslavia ; Greece ; Romania
Les AA. fournissent une analyse comparative de la performance, de la structure économique et des relations commerciales des Etats balkaniques, afin de détecter les tendances et les principaux développements dans la région. Différents scénarios sont
effectués concernant l'avenir de la région dans le cadre d'un ordre économique européen qui se met en place lentement. Les AA. étudient les réponses politiques aux pressions engendrées par l'action mutuelle des processus d'intégration et de transition en
Regional cooperation in the Caribbean: the Association of Caribbean States
Association ; Caribbean ; Economic cooperation ; Economicintegration ; Free trade ; Insularity ; Market ; Regional economy ; World
Explains the reasons and motivations behind the Association of Caribbean States formed in 1994 and offers an assessment of the problems in achieving its goal of regional cooperation and economicintegration. - (DWG)
North American economicintegration and industrial pollution in the Great Lakes region
Canada ; Economic equilibrium ; Economicintegration ; Great Lakes ; Impact ; Industrial pollution ; Liberalisation ; North America ; Pollution ; Regional economy ; Simulation ; United States of America
Les AA. évaluent l'impact de l'intégration économique accrue de l'Amérique du Nord sur l'intensité de la pollution industrielle dans la région des Grands Lacs. Modèle d'équilibre de l'économie nord-américaine.
Regulation theory, strategies of enterprise integration and the political economy of regionaleconomic restructuring in central and eastern Europe: the case of Slovakia
Social integration in the Italo-Slovene Gorizia transborder region
Frontier ; Frontier region ; International relations ; Italy ; Slovenia ; Social geography ; Social integration ; Socio-economic system ; Territorial identity ; Trans-border area
This paper provides a survey of the local dimension of the problems caused by the dividing of a consolidated historical region after World War II, and the phenomenon of its persistence in the field of human relations. The analysis of the regional
structure and cross-border behaviour leads to the conclusion that social and functional integration is determined less by the proximity of the border than by a common social, cultural and territorial background of the border population.