Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores how regional integration can be quantified, evaluated and monitored.

Philippe De Lombaerde is an economist and a Research Fellow at the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges, Belgium.

Part 1. General Theoretical and Methodological Aspects 1. Indicators of Regional Integration: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects 2. Towards a Qualitative Monitoring of Regional Integration 3. Communicative Indicators for the Study of Regional Integration: a Critical Theory perspective Part 2. Assessment of Economic Integration 4. Regional Integration Agreements and the Geography of World Trade: Statistical Indicators and Empirical Evidence 5. Explaining Regionalisation via Relative Trade Intensities 6. Assessing the Impact of Regional Integration Agreements: an Analytical Framework for Rulemaking in Trade and Investment 7. Comparative Fiscal Integration Indicators 8. Indicators of Real Economic Convergence 9. Measuring and Explaining Levels of Regional Economic Integration Part 3. Assessing Political Integration, Regional Governance and Peace 10. Regional Integration and (Good) Regional Governance: Are Common Standards and Indicators Possible? 11. Assessing Accountability of Regional Organisations 12. Measuring the Impact of Regional Organizations on Peace Building