Special economic zones in Southern Africa: white elephants or latent drivers of growth and employment?: The case of Zambia and South Africa
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Special Economic Zones; Agglomeration; Industrialization; Job creation;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2020-12-14 (Africa)
- NEP-ENV-2020-12-14 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-GEO-2020-12-14 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-URE-2020-12-14 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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