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Title:

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

Publisher:

World Bank,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxii, 319 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Economic zoning--Developing countries.
Enterprise zones--Developing countries.
Export processing zones--Developing countries.
Free ports and zones--Developing countries.
Foreign trade promotion--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic policy.

Other Authors:

Farole, Thomas.
Akinci, Gokhan.
World Bank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0821387634 (pbk.)
9780821387634 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)714721135

LCCN:

2011284555

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)