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Regional Integration Knowledge System

A web-based information and learning platform on regional integration processes worldwide.

The RIKS platform contains membership data of regional organisations and how it evolves over time, as well as a slew of indicators tracking the level of integration between the member countries.  It also provides information on research and educational resources for those interested furthering their understanding of regional integration processes around the world.

Riks provides information on regional integration processes worldwide

Using the RIKS platform, you can look up information on various aspects of regional organisations. 

  • Membership information allows you to look up the membership information of a specific country or regional organisation and track its evolution over time
  • Interactive map presents the changes in the membership of different regional organisations on a world map.
  • Regional indicators provides detailed statistics on the level of the economic integration of any of the existing regional organisations in the database, as well as of any user-defined group of countries. These measures track the integration of the flow of trade and migration and other economic variables. 
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