Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions

Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

"For countries as diverse as China and Mauritius, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been a powerful tool to attract foreign investment, promote export-oriented growth, and generate employment; for many others, the results have been less than encouraging. While the benefits and limitations of z...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Farole, Thomas, Akinci, Gokhan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2011.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Economic zoning > Developing countries.
Enterprise zones > Developing countries.
Export processing zones > Developing countries.
Free ports and zones > Developing countries.
Foreign trade promotion > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Economic policy
Economic zoning
Enterprise zones
Export processing zones
Foreign trade promotion
Free ports and zones
Developing countries > Economic policy.
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci
  • The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole
  • Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman
  • China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang
  • Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole
  • SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama
  • When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole
  • Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White
  • Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty
  • Planned obsolescence? : export processing zones and structural reform in Mauritius / Claude Baissac
  • The gender dimensions of special economic zones / Sheba Tejani
  • Low-carbon, green special economic zones / Han-Koo Yeo and Gokhan Akinci.

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