Formation of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) using agricultural land to promote industrialization has recently been one of most controversial policy issues in many developing economies including India. This paper critically theoretically evaluates the consequences of this policy in terms of a...

Cover -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Note on Language -- 1. The Economy of Anticipation -- 2. The Vision of Growth -- 3. The Land of Speculation -- 4. The Factory of the Future -- 5. The Labour of Aspiration -- 6. The...

CEO incentive contracts are commonplace in China but their incidence varies significantly across Chinese cities. We show that city and provincial policy experiments help explain this variance. We examine the role of two policy experiments: the use of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to attract...

Cover -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of boxes -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Facts and figures on EPZs -- EPZs: De nition, origins and forms over time -- How have EPZs evolved over time? -- Statistical overview of EPZs -- Overview of special...

This study assesses the experience of the Common Monetary Area (CMA) based on available empirical evidence over the last two decades. It pays particular attention to member countries' adjustment to economic shocks in recent years and the inter-country linkages, including the spillover effects of...