Worldwide, 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at
their current level. Because most employment in low and middle income countries is in micro …

Background Across the globe, gender disparities still exist with regard to equitable access to
resources, participation in decision‐making processes, and gender and sexual‐based …

Special economic zones (SEZs) or industrial parks can be an effective instrument to promote
industrialization and structural transformation, but only when implemented properly in the …

Background Logic models are becoming an increasingly common feature of systematic
reviews, as is the use of programme theory more generally in systematic reviewing. Logic …

Volume 26 number 2 of the Transnational Corporations journal is a special issue dedicated
to special economic zones (SEZs) and their potential as vehicles for development. The issue …

The term 'modern slavery'constitutes a broad non-legal umbrella term that refers to a range
of abusive practices including, but not limited to, forced labour, bonded labour, human …

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 …

Objective Foreign direct investment (FDI) to China has motivated increased labor migration
to export processing zones (EPZs). Work environments with high occupational stress, such …

Developing-world rural migrants provide crucial labor for global supply chains and
economic growth in their native countries. Yet their high turnover engenders considerable …

While China's experience of using special economic zones (SEZs) for advancing economic
development is a model increasingly adopted in other developing countries, the processes …