Globalization of World Markets
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The globalization of world markets has been much noted with reference to attempts at the regional integration of trade, but it has been given somewhat less attention in terms of the globalization of financial markets. Yet, the two efforts are related, and more and more the different trading and financial structures of the world are becoming inter-related. Financial globalization involves all types of cross-border portfolio-type transactions, such as borrowing and lending, trading of currencies, and other financial claims, as well as the capital flows associated with foreign direct investment. Financial globalization also includes the broad integration of national markets associated with deregulation and manifested by increasing movements of capital across national borders. A financial problem in one part of the world has the potential to affect markets elsewhere, as was seen in the financial instability in Mexico with the crisis of December 1994: Among other things, that episode served to illustrate the vulnerabilities of the monitoring system and the difficulties associated with mobilizing large pools of capital to dampen the effects of financial meltdown in various markets (Peterson, 1995, 109). This danger has become more acute with the development of integrated financial regions such as the Euromarket or certain Asian financial markets, as in Hong Kong, the stability of which is now in some doubt because of the impending return of th
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s of nationality or origin. The SEA reinforced the obligations of the Community to adopt measures aimed at ensuring a single internal market, an area in which goods, persons, services, and capital move freely (Williams, 1989, 5).
Wright (1991) states that full implementation of the enabling legislation for the EC was behind schedule in 1991, though it was still believed that it would be implemented. France was one country that held back approval, while Great Britain threatened to reject the legislation outright. The new situation in Eastern Europe has added to the difficulties faced in implementing the EC structure overall. The EC has instituted programs to help fund the economic development of Eastern Europe, but these programs are criticized as slow-moving. The commission's procedure for dispensing money is long and complex, beginning by working out an "indicative program" with the government concerned, or laying down priorities, and then by selecting specific projects for an "action program." The EC commission than hires consultants to manage each project, through public tender for the larger contracts. Consultants typically have started work on projects 12 18 months after the process began. The commission has blamed t
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Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page)
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