00761nam a2200109Ia 4500 AMEGBE, Annan Redefining the scope of regional economic blocs. 1997 Examines the rationale and expected gains from the formation of regional economic blocs. Notes that while the potential benefits of an enlarged regional economic bloc is generally appealing to developing countries, the experiences and case of Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that they begin with an arrangement of economic cooperation which focuses on trade in food. Ultimately, this could lead to production of new and possibly non-traditional agricultural commodities because of the creation of an enlarged market. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 22141 22141 0 0 0 0 CRCM CRCM 2023-05-04 0 0000000016155 2023-05-04 00:00:00 2023-05-04 A