What draws investment to special economic zones? Lessons from developing countries

SA Frick, A Rodríguez-Pose - Regional Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Special economic zones (SEZs) are a popular policy tool for the promotion of economic
development. However, questions remain about their economic contribution and about what …

Transnational education zones: Towards an urban political economy of 'education cities'

JM Kleibert, A Bobée, T Rottleb, M Schulze - Urban Studies, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Prevalent notions of 'education cities' and 'education hubs' are vaguely defined, operate at
blurry scales and tend to reproduce promotional language. The article contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] The challenge of developing special economic zones in Africa: Evidence and lessons learnt

A Rodríguez‐Pose, F Bartalucci, SA Frick… - Regional Science Policy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Special economic zones (SEZs) are mushrooming across the developing world.
Increasingly, policymakers resort to zones with the aim of turning around their countries' …

Assessing the impact of special economic zones on regional growth through a comparison among EU countries

R Arbolino, TL Lantz, O Napolitano - Regional Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The establishment of incentive zones represents a cluster policy approach that a country can
implement to boost economic growth. Being influenced by regional characteristics, the …

Drivers and barriers for successful special economic zones (SEZs): Case of SEZs under China Pakistan economic corridor

S Naeem, A Waheed, MN Khan - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last three decades, special economic zones (SEZs) have given new impetus to the
ever-growing export-oriented industrialization in developing countries. Where various …

Integrating host-country political heterogeneity into MNE–state bargaining: insights from international political economy

SK Bhaumik, S Estrin, R Narula - Journal of International Business Studies, 2024 - Springer
The international business (IB) literature has emphasised the heterogeneity of firm strategies
in shaping MNE–state bargaining, but largely ignored the heterogeneity of states. In …

Sustainable industrial parks development in Ethiopia: Analysis of policy framework gaps

G Guteta, H Worku - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the existing policy framework gaps impeding the need and
efforts to promote sustainable industrial parks development in Ethiopia. The data were …

How special are special economic zones: Evidence from South Asia

A Aggarwal - The World Economy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study applies quasi‐experimental designs to assess how successful the special
economic zones (SEZs) have been in offering a better investment climate than what is …

Special economic zones and transnational zones as tools for Southern Africa's growth: Lessons from international best practices

RT Karambakuwa, W Matekenya, S Mishi, L Jeke… - 2020 - econstor.eu
The paper evaluates strategies for developing successful special economic zones and
transnational zones for Southern African countries to spur growth and employment. Most …

[PDF][PDF] Special economic zones (SEZ): challenges and opportunities in Nepal

GP Gyanwali - Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies, 2020 - academia.edu
Abstract The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is that specific geographical area which has
economic and other business laws that are more market-oriented than a country's typical or …