| Sumario: | The writer examines regional integration efforts and environmental problems in the Third World. He discusses the aims of various world organizations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Administration, the International Finance Corporation, the North American Free Trade Agreement. In addition, he provides suggestions as to how regional integration can be advanced; considers factors determining the success of regional integration efforts; notes the usual means to contain environment deterioration; and discusses the difficulties involved in carrying out environmental policy in Third World countries, using the construction and operation of a new waste treatment plant in Hong Kong in 1993 by the Waste Management International Corporation.
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