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Special Economic Zones in Africa : Comparing Performance and Learning from Global Experience

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  1. Aradhna Aggarwal, . "SEZs and economic transformation:towards a developmental approach," UNCTAD Transnational Corporations Journal, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
  2. Richard Adu-Gyamfi & Simplice A. Asongu & Tinaye S. Mmusi & Herbert Wamalwa & Madei Mangori, 2020. "A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of sustainable development goals: Cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe," Research Africa Network Working Papers 20/025, Research Africa Network (RAN).
  3. Jerónimo Carballo & Ignacio Marra de Artiñano & Christian Volpe Martincus, 2021. "Information Frictions, Investment Promotion, and Multinational Production: Firm-Level Evidence," CESifo Working Paper Series 9043, CESifo.
  4. Thierry Pairault, 2019. "China in Africa: Phoenix nests versus Special Economic Zones," Working Papers hal-01968812, HAL.
  5. Olivier Cadot & Jaime de Melo & Patrick Plane & Laurent Wagner & Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, 2016. "Industrialisation et transformation structurelle : l’Afrique subsaharienne peut-elle se développer sans usines ?," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 24(2), pages 19-49.
  6. Newman, Carol & Page, John & Rand, John & Shimeles, Abebe & Soderbom, Mans & Tarp, Finn (ed.), 2016. "Manufacturing Transformation: Comparative Studies of Industrial Development in Africa and Emerging Asia," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198776987.
  7. Moberg, Lotta, 2015. "The political economy of special economic zones," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(1), pages 167-190, March.
  8. Susanne A. Frick & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, 2022. "Special Economic Zones and Sourcing Linkages with the Local Economy: Reality or Pipedream?," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(2), pages 655-676, April.
  9. Abel Kinyondo & Carol Newman & Finn Tarp, 2016. "The role and effectiveness of Special Economic Zones in Tanzania," WIDER Working Paper Series 122, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  10. Wojciech Lichota, 2016. "Efektywność finansowa specjalnych stref ekonomicznych w Polsce," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 1, pages 99-130.
  11. Sam Jones & John Page & Abebe Shimeles & Finn Tarp & John Page & Abebe Shimeles, 2015. "Aid, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Africa," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 27(S1), pages 17-30, October.
  12. Liashenko Viacheslav & Pidorycheva Iryna & Mytsenko Ivan & Chebotarova Nataliia, 2021. "The modern concept of special economic zones in Ukraine," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 52(52), pages 85-94, June.
  13. Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Frick, Susanne & Wong, Michael D., 2018. "Towards economically dynamic Special Economic Zones in emerging countries," CEPR Discussion Papers 12840, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  14. repec:unu:wpaper:wp2012-21 is not listed on IDEAS
  15. Girma Melese Mengistu, 2022. "Operational Practices and Lessons of Ethiopia’s Hawassa Industrial Park, East Africa," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 13(1), pages 27-44.
  16. Will Martin, 2018. "High-Value Agricultural Exports from Africa," Policy notes & Policy briefs 1803, Policy Center for the New South.
  17. World Bank Group, 2016. "Kenya Country Economic Memorandum," World Bank Publications - Reports 24008, The World Bank Group.
  18. repec:thr:techub:10033:y:2022:i:1:p:16-27 is not listed on IDEAS
  19. Ronald B. Davies, T. Huw Edwards, and Arman Mazhikeyev, 2018. "The Impact of Special Economic Zones on Electricity Intensity of Firms," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Special I).
  20. Mösle, Saskia, 2019. "Special economic zones: An effective instrument for growth in Africa?," PEGNet Policy Briefs 16/2019, PEGNet - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
  21. repec:thr:techub:10026:y:2021:i:1:p:488-501 is not listed on IDEAS
  22. Thomas Farole & Lotta Moberg, 2014. "It Worked in China, so Why not in Africa?: The Political Economy Challenge of Special Economic Zones," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-152, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  23. Zheng, Guo & Barbieri, Elisa & Di Tommaso, Marco R. & Zhang, Lei, 2016. "Development zones and local economic growth: zooming in on the Chinese case," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 238-249.
  24. Carol Newman & John Page, 2017. "Industrial clusters: The case for Special Economic Zones in Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-15, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  25. Venables, Anthony & Duranton, Gilles, 2018. "Place-Based Policies for Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 12889, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  26. Liu, Zhigao & Schindler, Seth & Liu, Weidong, 2020. "Demystifying Chinese overseas investment in infrastructure: Port development, the Belt and Road Initiative and regional development," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  27. Zhaoying Lu, 2022. "Human Capital Spillovers from Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Yangtze Delta in China," Economies, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-15, April.
  28. Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska & Agnieszka Komor & Magdalena Typa, 2016. "Special Economic Zones as Growth and Anti-growth Poles as Exemplified by Polish Regions," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 4(4), pages 189-212.
  29. Ronald B. Davies & Rodolphe Desbordes, 2018. "Export Processing Zones and the Composition of Greenfield FDI," Working Papers 201807, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  30. Alexandre Lavissière & Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2017. "Free ports: towards a network of trade gateways," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 1-17, December.
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  32. Aradhna Aggarwal & Ari Kokko, 2021. "SEZs and poverty reduction: evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 17(8), pages 1793-1814, January.
  33. Emiko Fukase & Will Martin, 2016. "Agro-processing and horticultural exports from Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series 174, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  34. Anthony J. Venables & Gilles Duranton, 2019. "Place-Based Policies: principles and developing country applications," Economics Series Working Papers 893, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
  35. Ackah, Charles & Osei, Robert Darko & Owusu, Nana Y. A. & Acheampong, Vera, 2023. "Special Economic Zones and household welfare: New evidence from Ghana," KCG Working Papers 25, Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG).
  36. van der Ven Colette M.A., 2018. "Inclusive Industrialization: The Interplay Between Investment Incentives and SME Promotion Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 11(2), pages 557-587, December.
  37. Ronald B. Davies & Arman Mazhikeyev, 2019. "The Impact of Special Economic Zones on Exporting Behavior," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, vol. 11(1), pages 145-174, July.
  38. Behuria, Pritish, 2017. "The political economy of import substitution in the 21st century: the challenge of recapturing the domestic market in Rwanda," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 69470, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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  41. Teresa Cheng, . "From special economic zones to greater special economic region – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as a model for legal infrastructure design," UNCTAD Transnational Corporations Journal, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
  42. Konstantinos J. Hazakis, 2014. "The rationale of special economic zones (SEZs): An Institutional approach," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(1), pages 85-101, March.
  43. Fernandes,Ana Margarida & Forero,Alejandro & Maemir,Hibret Belete & Mattoo,Aaditya, 2019. "Are Trade Preferences a Panacea? : The African Growth and Opportunity Act and African Exports," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8753, The World Bank.
  44. World Bank Group, 2015. "The Republic of Benin Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Update," World Bank Publications - Reports 22968, The World Bank Group.
  45. John Page, 2012. "Aid, Structural Change and the Private Sector in Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-021, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  46. World Bank, 2014. "Gabon Export Diversification and Competitiveness Report [Rapport sur la diversification et la compétitivité des exportations en République Gabonaise : Améliorer le climat d'investissement pour dive," World Bank Publications - Reports 21806, The World Bank Group.
  47. Fernandes, Ana M. & Forero, Alejandro & Maemir, Hibret & Mattoo, Aaditya, 2023. "Are trade preferences a Panacea? The export impact of the African growth and Opportunity Act," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
  48. Tom Goodfellow & Zhengli Huang, 2022. "Manufacturing urbanism: Improvising the urban–industrial nexus through Chinese economic zones in Africa," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(7), pages 1459-1480, May.
  49. Shi, Buchao & Huang, Liangxiong & Wei, Shengmin & Geng, Xinyue, 2022. "Overseas industrial parks and China's outward foreign direct investment," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  50. Görg, Holger, 2023. "Drivers and extent of foreign direct investment in Sub-Sahara Africa," KCG Policy Papers 9, Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG).
  51. Cornelius Dube & Wellington Matsika & Gamuchirai Chiwunze, 2020. "Special economic zones in Southern Africa: Is success influenced by design attributes?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-61, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  52. Vandana Chandra & Justin Yifu Lin & Yan Wang, 2013. "Leading Dragon Phenomenon: New Opportunities for Catch-up in Low-Income Countries," Asian Development Review, MIT Press, vol. 30(1), pages 52-84, March.
  53. Joanna Dziendziora & Małgorzata Smolarek & Barbara Piontek, 2021. "Activation of Investment Processes in the Context of Operation of Special Economic Zones in Poland," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(1), pages 130-146.
  54. Keijiro Otsuka, 2020. "Strategy for Cluster-Based Industrial Development in Developing Countries," Discussion Papers 2019, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University.
  55. Stuart John Barton, 2016. "Policy Signals and Market Responses," Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-39098-1, December.
  56. Zhaoying Lu, 2021. "Quantifying the effects of Special Economic Zones using spatial econometric models," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 21-01, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
  57. Jaroslaw M. Nazarczuk & Marlena Cicha-Nazarczuk, 2021. "What are the Key Location Factors for Firms in Special Economic Zones? Evidence from Poland," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(1), pages 147-160.
  58. Kebede, Selamawit G. & Heshmati, Almas, 2023. "Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia," IZA Discussion Papers 15846, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  59. Pasquali, Giovanni & Krishnan, Aarti & Alford, Matthew, 2021. "Multichain strategies and economic upgrading in global value chains: Evidence from Kenyan horticulture," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
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  62. Sina Hardaker, 2020. "Embedded Enclaves? Initial Implications of Development of Special Economic Zones in Myanmar," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 32(2), pages 404-430, April.
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  64. MILE 02, Anirudh Shingal, 2015. "Labour market effects of integration into GVCs: Review of literature," Papers 1109, World Trade Institute.
  65. Abagna, Matthew Amalitinga, 2023. "Special Economic Zones and Local Economic Activities in Ethiopia," MPRA Paper 117427, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  66. Page, John, 2012. "Aid, Structural Change and the Private Sector in Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series 021, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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  71. World Bank, 2012. "Botswana Development Policy Review," World Bank Publications - Reports 26074, The World Bank Group.
  72. Richard Chauke & Thobeka Ncanywa, 2021. "Infrastructure development and economic complexity in South Africa. Running title: Can infrastructure development influence economic complexity?," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 26(1), pages 488-501, Decembrie.
  73. Sam Jones & John Page & Abebe Shimeles & Finn Tarp & John Page & Måns Söderbom, 2015. "Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 27(S1), pages 44-55, October.
  74. Kutin-Mensah Florence & Dechun Huang & Boateng Ofosu Richard & Chiponga Rutendo, 2017. "Has the Special Economic Zone Approach Improve Ghana¡¯s Competitiveness in the Global Market?," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 7(2), pages 19-34, December.
  75. Shahid Yusuf, 2014. "Middle East Transitions: A Long, Hard Road," IMF Working Papers 2014/135, International Monetary Fund.
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  80. Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose & Federico Bartalucci & Susanne A. Frick & Amelia U. Santos‐Paulino & Richard Bolwijn, 2022. "The challenge of developing special economic zones in Africa: Evidence and lessons learnt," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(2), pages 456-481, April.
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