Regional integration economic development and global governance The contributors expertly provide a comparative perspective on regional integration in different regions of the world while at the same time analysing the various facets of integration relating to trade FDI finance and monetary policies. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject and offer new perspectives on the potential developmental effects of regional integration and the implications of regional integration for global economic governance. Whilst highlighting and illustrating the potential benefits deriving from regional economic integration the book also stresses the problems and challenges regional integration processes are usually confronted with pt. 1. Integration experiences in different regions pt. 2. Regional integration and the multilateral trading system pt. 3. Regional trade and foreign direct investment pt. 4. Regional financial integration pt. 5. Topics in monetary integration