Education and knowledge: basic pillars of changing production patterns with social equity

Includes bibliography

Open regionalism in Asia Pacific and Latin America: a survey of the literature

Includes bibliography

The transformation of the North American apparel industry: is NAFTA a curse or a blessing?

Includes bibliography

Business development service centres in Italy. An empirical analysis of three regional experiences: Emilia Romagna, Lombardia y Veneto

Includes bibliography

Gender, the environment and the sustainability of development

Includes bibliography

Industrial policy and promotion of competitiveness

Includes bibliography

The privatization of public water utilities

Includes bibliography

Globalization and loss of autonomy by the fiscal, banking and monetary authorities

Includes bibliography

Three forms of social coordination

Includes bibliography

The facilitation of trade in the European Union

In terms of its contents, this article is a natural continuation of FAL Bulletin No. 167. In that edition of the Bulletin, conceptual progress was made in defining the notion of ?facilitation of trade? and in outlining how this issue is dealt with in some international organizations; here, information referring to the European Union (EU) is presented in a detailed fashion.