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100			_aFitzgerald, E.V.
245			_aFinancial integration : the European experience and lessons for Latin America
260			_c1997
520			_aExamines the progress made since 1985 in creating a Single European Market in financial services. Draws two central lessons for Latin America from the European experience: first, that the contracting parties should collectively decide upon clear stategic objectives for financial-services integration, including economic development and global competitivenenss on the one hand and on the other the relationship with its and other international regulation authorities; and second, that effective implementation will require parallel fiscal and banking reforms, a commitment to macroeconomic and monetary coordination, and specific support for the less-developed member countries.
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