Developing countries have joined the rapidly growing global system of regional trade agreements (RTAs) over the past years. This volume looks at how 'getting governance right' is a central element for successful RTA implementation, taking stock of the quality and effectiveness of the monitoring of development country RTAs around the world.

Philippe De Lombaerde is based at the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Belgium, Antoni Estevadeordal is based at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, USA, and Kati Suominen is based at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, USA.

1: Governing Regional Integration for Development: Introduction; 1: Latin America and the Caribbean; 2: Monitoring Regional Integration and Cooperation in the Andean Region; 3: 'Learning to Integrate': The Experience of Monitoring the CARICOM Single Market and Economy; 4: Monitoring Regional Integration: The Case of Central America; 5: Monitoring Regional Integration and Cooperation: The Case of Mercosur 1; 2: Asia and The Pacific; 6: Results-Based Monitoring of Regional Integration and Cooperation in Asean; 7: Regional Monitoring in the Pacific: The Pacific Islands Forum; 8: Monitoring Regional Integration and Cooperation in South Asia; 3: Africa and the Middle East; 9: Monitoring Regional Integration and Cooperation in the Gulf Region; 10: Monitoring Regional Integration and Cooperation in the South: The Arab Maghreb Union; 11: Monitoring Regional Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa; 4: Europe and North America; 12: Monitoring and (Good) Governance of the Integration Process in the European Union; 13: Seasoned Monitoring: The Case of North America; 14: Governing Regional Integration for Development: Summary and Conclusions