Lessons of integration in Latin America : by Robert J. Berg consultant

Abstract

Statement by Robert J. Berg Consultant at the "Lessons of Integration in Latin America". Mr. J. Berg, on his remarks highlighted that, Regional integration in Latin America has not precluded other trade agreements, but has helped prepare countries to better integrate with the world economy and their neighbors, often in ad hoc arrangements. In South America, the dynamic transport minister of the dominant state, Brazil, has led his colleagues to agree on a master plan of transport linkages. Each link has its own secretariat to generate the needed feasibility studies and to work on financing issues. a continuing development is that in Latin America, similar to here, peer pressures keep raising the bar for performance. Perhaps NEPAD will be doing that here regarding governance. OAU has been doing this on other fronts.