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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions
Thomas Farole,Gokhan Akinci +1 more
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In this paper, the authors use SEZ as a generic expression to describe the broad range of modern economic zones discussed in this book and focus on two specific forms of those zones: (1) the export processing zones (EPZ) or free zones, which focus on manufacturing for export; and (2) the large-scale SEZs, which usually combine residential and multi-use commercial and industrial activity.Abstract:
Ask three people to describe a special economic zone (SEZ) and three very different images may emerge. The first person may describe a fenced-in industrial estate in a developing country, populated by footloose multinational corporations (MNCs) enjoying tax breaks, with laborers in garment factories working in substandard conditions. In contrast, the second person may recount the 'miracle of Shenzhen,' a fishing village transformed into a cosmopolitan city of 14 million, with per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growing 100-fold, in the 30 years since it was designated as an SEZ. A third person may think about places like Dubai or Singapore, whose ports serve as the basis for wide range of trade- and logistics-oriented activities. In this book, the author use SEZ as a generic expression to describe the broad range of modern economic zones discussed in this book. But we are most concerned with two specific forms of those zones: (1) the export processing zones (EPZs) or free zones, which focus on manufacturing for export; and (2) the large-scale SEZs, which usually combine residential and multiuse commercial and industrial activity. The former represents a traditional model used widely throughout the developing world for almost four decades. The latter represents a more recent form of economic zone, originating in the 1980s in China and gaining in popularity in recent years. Although these models need not be mutually exclusive (many SEZs include EPZ industrial parks within them), they are sufficiently different in their objectives, investment requirements, and approach to require a distinction in this book.read more
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Benefit-Cost Appraisals of Export Processing Zones: A Survey of the Literature
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors surveyed research on the performance of export processing zones (EPZs) using a benefit-cost analytical framework and found that zones in South Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China and Indonesia are economically efficient and generate returns well above estimated opportunity costs.
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Mauritius: Democracy And Development In The Indian Ocean
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The Developmental State in Mauritius
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Globalization, Export-oriented Employment for Women and Social Policy: A Case Study of India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the Indian experience with respect to women's employment in export-oriented manufacturing industry in the era of globalization and consider the role of social policy in providing work and survival security to women, by first evaluating the effects of state policy, and then considering other attempts to ensure minimum security.
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Gender segregation and gender bias in manufacturing trade expansion: revisiting the “Wood Asymmetry”
David Kucera,William Milberg +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, Caren Grown, Diane Elson and especially two anonymous referees for constructive comments are deeply grateful to the UNIDO Industrial Statistics Database (UNIDOISB).