South-South Economic Relations

Project Coordinators: Prof. Adil Najam & Rachel Denae Thrasher

This project brought together leading experts from across the world to look at the emerging dynamics of economic relations among developing countries. We held a conference at Boston University, September 23-24, 2010, in which each author presented their preliminary conclusions and provided feedback for the other participants. The report for the conference can be found here.

The conference papers are currently being revised for incorporation into an edited volume for publication in early 2011. The book structure and contents are included below.

1) Introduction: Setting the Stage for Sustainable South-South Economic Cooperation
Adil Najam and Rachel Thrasher

2) Latin American Trade and Economic Cooperation: Causes and Consequences of the Proliferation of Overlapping Agreements
Laura Gomez-Mera (University of Miami)

3) African Trade and Economic Integration: Trends, Patterns and Long-Range Prospects
Eric K. Ogunleye (African Center for Economic Transformation)

4) Financial Crisis and Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia-Pacific: Relevance, Trends and Potential
Nagesh Kumar (UNESCAP)

5) Developing Country Coalitions in the WTO
Adriana Verdier, Manuela Viana & Haroldo Ramanzini (ICTSD)

6) South-South foreign direct investment flows: wishful thinking or reality?
Mariana Rangel Padilla (Technológico de Monterrey, Mexico)

7) Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution: An Institutional Paradigm
Shaheen Rafi Khan (Sustainable Development Policy Inst.)

8) South-South Trade and the Environment
Kathryn Hochstetler (University of Waterloo)

9) Brazilian Perspectives on South-South Economic Relations and Global Governance Alcides Costa Vaz (University of Brasilia)

10)Latin America and China: Trading Short-term Growth for (China’s) Long-run Prosperity?
Kevin P. Gallagher (Boston University)

11) The Role of China in Regional South-South Trade in Asia-Pacific; prospects for industrialization for low-income countries
Mehdi Shafaeddin (University of Neuchatel)

12) Growing Economic Relations Between the GCC and “Chindia”
Nader Habibi (Brandeis University)