This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructure to contribute to the development of stable, well-paid employment in rural areas of low-income countries. Particular emphasis is placed on the way that different sectors of...

Michel Chossaovsky recognizes that this era of globalization, is marked by a relocation of the Industrial base of advanced countries to cheap labour locations in developing countries. The obvious requirement is that of a cheap, stable and disciplined industrial labour force in a “secure...

The main goal of this paper is to find an influence of Lodz Special Economic Zone in Poland on the economic development of Lodz region in time of crisis. In paper were used statistical data from years 2000-2009, which gives possibility to describe economic processes in macro region of Lodz with...

Free zones have become increasingly popular as trade promotion policy instruments in developing countries. This article explains how the obligations in the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures apply to free zones. An analysis of the most common requirements for companies...

Pennsylvania's communities, courts, and legislature have dealt with the changing environment caused by the Marcellus Shale boom in various ways: municipalities enacted local zoning ordinances, courts determined whether those ordinances were valid under the Oil and Gas Act (Act) and the...

This paper presents an impact evaluation of the French enterprise zone program which was initiated in 1997 to help unemployed workers find employment by granting a significant wage-tax exemption (about one third of total labor costs) to firms hiring at least 20% of their labor force locally....

We apply program evaluation methods to analyze the effectiveness of two types of preferential regional policy programs in China's manufacturing sector. Economic and Technological Development Zones (ETDZs) aim to facilitate firms' internationalization strategies. Science and Technology Industrial...