Special economic zones
Subtitle: progress, emerging challenges, and future directions
By: edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci
Contributors: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780821387634
Subjects: Economic policy; Economic zoning; Enterprise zones; Export processing zones; Foreign trade promotion; Free ports and zones
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci; title: The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole; title: Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman; title: China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang; title: Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole; title: SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama; title: 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; title: Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White; title: Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty; title: Planned obsolescence? : export processing zones and structural reform in Mauritius / Claude Baissac; title: The gender dimensions of special economic zones / Sheba Tejani; title: Low-carbon, green special economic zones / Han-Koo Yeo and Gokhan Akinci.