Title Special economic zones in Africa : comparing performance and learning from global experiences / Thomas Farole

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 299 pages) : illustrations Series Directions in development. Trade Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade. Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Brief History of SEZs and Overview of Policy Debates; Boxes; Tables; Figures; Chapter 3 Assessing the Outcomes in Africa's SEZs; Chapter 4 Which Factors Matter for the Performance of SEZs?; Chapter 5 The Investment Climate in Africa's SEZs; Chapter 6 Zone Practices: Policy, Planning, and Strategy; Chapter 7 Zone Practices: Operations, Management, and Learning; Chapter 8 Policy Conclusions: SEZs in Africa-When, What, and How?; Appendix A Country Case Selection; Appendix B Large-Sample Dataset Appendix C Survey MethodologyIndex Summary This book, designed for policymakers, academics and researchers, and SEZ program practitioners, provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of SEZ programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the result of detailed surveys and case studies conducted during 2009 in ten developing countries, including six in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book provides quantitative evidence of the performance of SEZs, and of the factors which contribute to that performance, highlighting the critical importance not just of the SEZ itself but of the wider national investment climate in which it functions. It also p Analysis Economic zoning -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Economic zoning -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Enterprise zones -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Export processing zones -- Africa, Sub-Saharan BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Economic policy Economic zoning Enterprise zones Export processing zones SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic policy Subject Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book LC no. 2010048276 ISBN 9780821386385 0821386387 9780821386392 0821386395 6613016292 9786613016294 128301629X 9781283016292

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