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Regional associations between developing countries have so far often proved to be less than successful. This, Professor Altmann points out, is hardly surprising in view of the lack of homogeneity of socio-political and economic systems among member countries, without which any integration process is bound to stagnate.
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Cf. A.J. Halbach: A Performance Analysis of the Third World, in: INTERECONOMICS 2/1982, pp. 75–82. The article is based on a study by Halbach, Osterkamp, Braun and Gälli: Wirtschaftsordnung, sozio-ökonomische Entwicklung und weltwirtschaftliche Integration in den Entwicklungsländern (Economic Order, Socio-economic Development and International Integration in the Developing Countries), IFO-Institute for Economic Research, Munich 1981.
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Cf. A.J. Halbach et al., op. cit. A Performance Analysis of the Third World, in: INTERCONOMICS 2/1982, esp. pp. 118 ff. North Korea, to be sure, is not a member of a regional association as referred to here.
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Fachhochschule des Bundes. Shortened version of a paper presented to the Committee for Developing Countries of the “Verein für Socialpolitik” in Munich, November 1981.
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Altmann, J. South-south cooperation and economic order. Intereconomics 17, 143–147 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927885
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927885