Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

Outsourcing Economics has a double meaning. First, it is a book about the economics of
outsourcing. Second, it examines the way that economists have understood globalization as …

" This book, designed for policymakers, academics and researchers, and SEZ program
practitioners, provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of SEZ programs in …

This paper reviews the literature on economic development from import substitution to export
promotion. It then examines the literature on entrepreneurship and economic development …

China's special economic zones helped the country industrialize by attracting foreign
investment. In 2006, Beijing initiated an overseas trade and cooperation zone program …

This paper is a first attempt to apply a robust political economy framework to explain when
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can contribute to economic development. A robust political …

" Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood.
The book identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse …

How outlaw" spatial products"—resorts, information technology campuses, retail chains, golf
courses, and ports—act as cunning pawns in global politics. In Enduring Innocence, Keller …

In 2000, China agreed to share with African countries its experience in the field of
investment promotion relating to the establishment and management of special economic …

Between 1945 and 1980 nearly 100 colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean gained their
independence and began the process of initiating a development strategy for their citizens …