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  "title": "Cluster Report: Trade Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean",
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  "summary": "This Cluster Report explores opportunities for trade integration in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It finds that the region can reap significant growth benefits from further trade integration.",
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      "heading": "Overview and Key Findings",
      "content": "- Publication date: March 10, 2017\n- Pages: 56\n- Volume: 2017\n- Issue: 066\n- Series: Country Report No. 2017/066\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475586015.002\n- Stock No: 1CLSEA2017001\n- ISBN: 9781475586015\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n\n- The report explores opportunities for trade integration in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.\n- It finds that the region can reap significant growth benefits from further trade integration.\n- Trade integration in the region is below that of other regions, indicating scope to increase trade as an engine of growth.\n- Increasing trade could help offset the weaker economic outlook without damage to overall income inequality.\n- There is potential to enhance both inter- and intraregional trade integration.\n- Renewed political momentum within the region in support of greater trade openness could do much to further intraregional trade integration in particular."
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      "heading": "Subjects and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subject areas: Economic integration, Exports, International trade, Revenue administration, Trade agreements, Trade facilitation, Trade integration, Trade liberalization\n- Keywords: Asia and Pacific, capital goods, Caribbean, Central America, commodity exporter, common market, comparative advantage, CR, economic growth, export product, Exports, Global, ISCR, LAC country, LAC trade connectivity, South America, TPP participant, trade agreement, Trade agreements, trade connectivity, trade diversion, Trade facilitation, Trade integration, Trade liberalization, trade openness, trading partner"
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    "Stock No: 1CLSEA2017001",
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    "Increasing trade could help offset the weaker economic outlook without damage to overall income inequality.",
    "There is potential to enhance both inter- and intraregional trade integration.",
    "Renewed political momentum within the region in support of greater trade openness could do much to further intraregional trade integration in particular.",
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    "Keywords: Asia and Pacific, capital goods, Caribbean, Central America, commodity exporter, common market, comparative advantage, CR, economic growth, export product, Exports, Global, ISCR, LAC country, LAC trade connectivity, South America, TPP participant, trade agreement, Trade agreements, trade connectivity, trade diversion, Trade facilitation, Trade integration, Trade liberalization, trade openness, trading partner",
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