regional integration
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Regional Integration
Definition
A number of groups ,societies or countries within an area joining together to cooperate and
operate under one system or as one group
Blank Map of the Caribbean
Labeled Map of the Caribbean
Islands in the Greater Antilles
Islands of the Lesser Antilles
Factors Promoting Regional Integration
There are many similarities among islands of the Caribbean.These similarities are the basis on which the islands saw it fitting to integrate with one another to achieve certain goals that they would not have been able to achieve by them
selves.The slide after this one shows what these similarities are
Factors Promoting Regional Integration
Limite
d
reso
urces
Simila
r
history
Similar
social
problems
Similar
culture
Effects
of
globalizatio
n
Vulnerable
to natural
disaste
r
Similar goals
Simila
r
language
Organizations Formed to Create and Foster Regional Integration
West Indian Federation
Carifta
Caricom
CSME
OECS
ACS 1995 to present
1981 to present
1989 to present
1972 to present
1968 to 1972
1958-1962
Systems That are Associated with Regional Integration
The removal of quotas, taxes and regulations
to allow goods
and services to entera country or countries
freely
A system in which countries
in the world interactand trade with each other
Free Trade Globalization
Benefits of Free Trade
Allowing goods, services and labour to be exported and imported between and among
islands means that citizens of member states will have
A larger variety of goods to access and consume and at very cheap prices
An Illusrtration of How Goods and Services are Exchanged Among Islands In
a Free Trade System
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Barbados
Eamples of Types of Products Exchanged Among Islands
Food Minerals Marchine Parts
Labour Information technology
Entertainment
Benefits of Regional Integration
Freedom of travelamong islands and find work
Improvement in the quality of life as a result of access toA variety of goods and services
Been able to better compete internationally
The development of various organization thatRespond to the needs of each island
Each island has more persons to sell its goods to apart from those within its own borders
Increase cooperation among islands
Reduction of the negativeeffects associated with globalization
Able to better negotiate against rich powerful countries
Question?
What are the factors that may prevent the islands from integrating with each other and if and when they do, what may influence them to
terminate this system?
Factors that Hinder Regional Integration
The island do not have the same economic policies
Islands are atdifferent stages of development so are unwilling to work togetherer
Conflict between territorial and regional demands
All islands do not have the same currency
They do not have the same type and amount of resources
There is conflict over how much to be contributed by each country
They are all prodcing the same goods
The islands are scattered all over the Caribbean
Problems Facing the Caribbean Region
Islands do not have enough persons to sell to within there borders
Islands do not produce a variety of goods
There is high unemployment
The islands do not produce enough goods to sell in order to make large profits
Continuatiobn
Vulnerable to natural disasters
Islands do not have enough money to spend to develop there industries
They import more than they export
They owe a lot of money as result of borrowing to sustain themselves
They often prevented from selling there goods in rich countries
Continuation
They do not often use adequate technology to increase production
They lack sufficiently skilled persons
Blank Map of the World
Labeled Map of the World
Negative effects of Globalization and Free Trade
Destruction of businesses as a result of an importation of cheap goods
Destruction of the local culture
Drastic reduction in the population as a result of migration
Islands owing large sums of money to big rich countries as a result of borrowing