Second Best? Investment Climate and Performance in Africa’s Special Economic Zones

Second Best? Investment Climate and Performance in Africa’s Special Economic Zones

As an instrument of trade and investment policy, special economic zones have played a catalytic role in processes of industrialization, diversification, and trade integration in many countries, particularly in East Asia. However, in the African con...

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Main Author:	Farole, Thomas
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS BENEFICIARIES BOND BONDS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS REGULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CATALYTIC ROLE CITIES COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATOR COUNTRIES COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT CORPORATE TAX CORPORATE TAXES DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC INVESTMENT DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTS EPZ EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE CONTROL EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORTERS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATES HOLDING HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST ECONOMIES INCOME INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISSUES INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT CRITERIA INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT LOCATION DECISIONS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT PATTERNS INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTOR INCENTIVE LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE LOCAL INVESTORS LOCAL MARKET MARKET ACCESS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET SIZE MATURITY METALS MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NATIONAL INVESTMENT NATIONAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS OUTPUT POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL STABILITY POWER OUTAGES PRIVATE ENTITIES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES PROFITABILITY PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS RAPID GROWTH RATES OF RETURN REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RULE OF LAW SHARE OF INVESTMENT SMALL COUNTRIES STARTUP STOCKS STREAMS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIMBER TRADE STATISTICS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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