New Frontiers in Asia–Latin America Integration

Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector, Inter- American Development Bank (IDB). Before joining IDB, he taught at the University of Barcelona and Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.Masahiro Kawai is Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He was Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) from January 2007 to February 2014. He holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.Ganeshan Wignaraja is Director of Research at the ADBI. Previously, he was Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Office of Regional Economic Integration, Chief Programme Officer at the Commonwealth Secretariat, and a manager in an economics consulting firm in the United Kingdom. He has a DPhil in economics from Oxford University.

• PrefaceIntroduction - Antoni Estevadeordal, Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan WignarajaI: TRADE FACILITATIONOrigin and Beyond: Trade Facilitation Disaster or Trade Facilitation Opportunity? - Brian Rankin Staples and Jeremy HarrisAccelerating Regional Integration: Issues at the Border - Douglas H Brooks and Susan F Stone Trade Logistics and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean - Pablo Guerrero, Krista Lucenti, and Sebastián GalarzaII: SUPPLY CHAINSSupply Chain Dynamics in Asia - Ruth BanomyongThe Internationalization of SMEs in Regional and Global Value Chains - Hank Lim and FukunariRegional Integration Behind the Border: Applying a Value Chain Approach - Grant AldonasIII: ASIA—LAC RELATIONSPRC’s Outward FDI to Latin America: Trends and Motivations - Gloria O PasadillaAsia–Latin America FTAs: An Instrument for Inter-Regional Liberalization and Integration? - Ganeshan Wignaraja, Dorothea Ramizo, and Luca BurmeisterProspects for Regional Cooperation Between Latin America and Caribbean and Asia Pacific: Perspectives from East Asia - Erlinda M Medalla and Jenny D BalboaIndex

Well-structured and timely contribution to the literature, which analyzes the issues pertaining to integration on Asia and Latin America…. A must-read reference to the academicians, policymakers and researchers who have keen interest in this area.