Integration along the North–South Axis: Opportunities for Coupling

... significantly improved. The developing world inaugurating a common integration project will, in turn, see more favorable conditions for constructive cooperation between—and connection of—the platforms of developed and developing states. As of yet, integrations of the Global South are far from the degree of connectedness and structuredness typical of developed states’ integration projects. As the “integration gap” in the global South is overcome, this space will form conditions for stable and balanced connections ...