This authoritative Handbook provides a thorough account and analysis of the important issues relating to the globalization of the international economy. The increasing interdependence of the world's economies has caused a breakdown in national economic boundaries and a freer access to goods, services and labour. This comprehensive book, written by experts in the field, addresses major issues associated with this international economic integration. This reference work considers:global growth including inequality, saving, foreign direct investment, external debt and multinational corporationsregionalization and globalization of trade such as the role of international institutions, external economies of scale and trading blocstransition to market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and East Asiainternationalization and integration of markets including the financial, capital, labour and agricultural marketsglobal environmental and resource problems including transboundary pollution, the implication of North-South trade for natural resource depletion and environmental degradation, and the impact of energy markets on global growth, pollution and economic stability.