In this environment, businesses rise and fall based on the performance of markets, and their ability to manage their resources. While speculation abounds this is mostly based on the review and analysis, no matter how cursory, of what is taken to be accurate and credible statistics produced and published at set periods by official or publicly acknowledged institutions.
This poses a serious impediment to regional integration, unlike in Europe, which stands as a forerunner case in regional integration. Even so, it is not farfetched to expect a surge of activity in terms of cross-border transactions, once market practices and the relevant laws and regulations are further harmonized.