TY - BOOK AU - Rodlauer,Markus AU - Schipke,Alfred TI - Central America: global integration and regional cooperation SN - 1589064461 AV - HC141 .C374 2005 U1 - 337.728 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Free trade KW - Central America KW - Foreign exchange rates KW - Poverty KW - Economic integration KW - Economic conditions KW - Statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction and overview; Markus Rodlauer and Alfred Schipke --; Macroeconomic implications of CAFTA-DR; M. Ayhan Kose, Alessandro Rebucci, and Alfred Schipke --; Trade liberalization and tax coordination; Chiara Bronchi and Dale Chua --; Fiscal sustainability: a value-at-risk approach; Ricardo AdroguĂ© --; Regional integration and exchange rate arrangements; Jun Il Kim and Laura Papi --; Regional intregration and financial system issues; R. Armando Morales and Alfred Schipke --; Regional issues in macroeconomic statistics; Lorraine Ocampos --; The political economy of implementing pro-growth and anti-poverty policy strategies in Central America; Luis Breuer and Arturo Cruz N2 - This study looks at the challenges of Central America in meeting with the implementation of its economic and social reforms, with particular emphasis on issues and challenges arising from the growing integration under way in the region. The study should help policy makers make the best of Central America’s considerable potential and set the region on the path of sustainable rapid growth UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/2005299871.html ER -