Discover the definition, stages, and benefits of economic integration, and explore real-world examples like the European ...

As Chinese and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a planned upgrade of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area comes into the spotlight. This year, ...

Flags of participating SAARC, or South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, countries are seen outside the Vigyan Bhavan, the venue of the 14th SAARC Summit, in New Delhi, India, March 30, 2007 ...

ISTANBUL, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) provides a notable example of how regional cooperation can evolve from addressing the security issue to fostering broader ...

African countries are pursuing stronger regional integration to reap the benefits of larger markets and take advantage of economies of scale; and to tackle regional and global challenges such as ...

Huawei and TikTok were two of the most successful examples of globalization. Huawei started as a small private firm in 1987 and has risen in just over 30 years to become a world champion in ...

Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 26, No. 1 (March 2011), pp. 1-28 (28 pages) This paper examines empirically whether and how regional integration leads to convergence and growth amongst ...

Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 37, No. 3 (September 2022), pp. 423-457 (35 pages) Regions are gaining importance as globalization struggles with local sustainable implementation. Thus, regional ...

On May 7, 2020, the first issue of The ASEAN magazine was released to the public, with the objective of informing citizens of the work of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. On this remarkable ...

Thank you very much for the kind invitation to speak at this important event highlighting integration in the Caribbean. This region recognized long ago that the key to greater prosperity lies in ...

The movement of foreign direct investment into Africa is vital to the continent’s advancement. But even more so is the development of their middle class, which relies on continued regional integration ...

SIR: In 1914, the British colonialists amalgamated different nations around the River Niger area to form what is today known as Nigeria. The ‘British masters’ caused the fusion the Hausas, the Fulanis ...