ABSTRACT

Inthedeveloped,aswellasthedeveloping,world,thedesire foreconomicintegration,whateverthefactorswhichgiverise toit,hasbeensowellcrystallizedthatfromtheironcurtain countriestoWesternEurope,fromEastMricatoLatinAmerica structurallyhomogeneousorheterogeneouscountrieshave madeeffortstoformintegratedblocsandhavealreadycoined thesloganreferringtothemid-twentiethcenturyasthe'ageof integration'.