01873cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008297 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451856835 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Egoume Bossogo, Philippe. Trade and Integration in the Caribbean / Philippe Egoume Bossogo, Chandima Mendis. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (38 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes trade in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) using a gravity model framework. The paper seeks to shed light on the dynamics of trade among CARICOM member countries, as well with the rest of world over 1980-99. Overall, the results show that intra-CARICOM trade has increased, suggesting that further regional integration is desirable. At the same time, CARICOM's trade with the rest of the world has risen as well, fueled notably by the reduction of the arrangement's common external tariff and despite the negative impact of the declining preferential access to EU markets for banana. In contrast, WTO membership does not appear to have had a positive impact on trade. Overall, it appears that trade liberalization is consistent with greater CARICOM trade integration. Mode of access: Internet Mendis, Chandima. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/148 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/148/001.2002.issue-148-en.xml IMF e-Library