Regional financial integration in the GCC

VI Regional Integration and Financial System Issues

99 C America has made good progress over the past decade in stabilizing the macroeconomic environment and establishing a sound and efficient financial system. Macroeconomic stability and measures to address financial sector weaknesses have contributed to increased intermediation and improvements in key financial sector indicators. At the same time, credit to the private sector from locally lice...

Determinants Of Financial Integration In The East Asia- Pacific Region

Regional Financial Market Integration: Learning from the European Experience.PDF

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Regional Financial and Economic Integration in West Africa

Previous studies of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have evaluated the union’s success in comparison to other integration initiatives and according to traditional theory on the optimum currency area, which calls for high intraregional trade and correlated business cycles. This study seeks to determine the prospects for further integration in West Africa given the region’s...

Regional Integration in Asia and the Contribution of SMEs – a Review of the

Over the past decade the economies of East Asia and APEC more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by smallbusin...