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Regional integration : what in it for CARICOM ? (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD; 29)

Regional integration : what in it for CARICOM ? (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD; 29) PDF Author: Mauricio Mesquita Moreira
Publisher: BID-INTAL
ISBN: 9507382623
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
Economic and political integration have been a perennial and neuralgic issue in the Caribbean agenda. This paper draws on the literature on trade, growth and regional agreements to discuss the motivation behind the Caribbean drive for integration, the results obtained so far and what is in stock for the future. It argues, with the help of descriptive statistics, an empirical growth model and a gravity model, that the traditional, trade related gains from regional integration have been and are bound to be limited because of (i) the countries' high openness; (ii) the limited size of the common, enlarged market; and (iii) the countries' relatively similar factor endowments. It also argues, though, that gains in the area of non-tradables, due to economies of scale which cannot be mitigated by trade and openness, can be substantial.
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