Financial Integration in Central America : Prospects and Adjustment Needs /

We assess the current barriers to trade in financial services in the six Central American countries seeking a free trade agreement with the United States (the CAFTA) and examine the relative merits of regional and multilateral liberalization. Even though there are few formal barriers, deficiencies i...

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मुख्य लेखक: Canales Kriljenko, Jorge
अन्य लेखक: Khandelwal, Padamja, Lehmann, Alexander
स्वरूप: पत्रिका
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
श्रृंखला:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 2003/003
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:Full text available on IMF
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