Special economic zones (SEZs) have been used as an important national development instrument around the world for the past several decades. While SEZs have continued to grow, they vary considerably across developing countries in form, function and effectiveness. This wide variation challenges...

This study presents a three-pillared analytical framework for the success factors and development outcomes of special economic zones (SEZs). The core argument is that countries that adopt a well-structured approach towards SEZs that they can align with the broader development strategy, executive...

Volume 26 number 2 of the Transnational Corporations journal is a special issue dedicated to special economic zones (SEZs) and their potential as vehicles for development. The issue grew out of research and background papers that fed into UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2019, the thematic focus...

This short note constructs Mobility Zones to facilitate the discussion on the geographic extent of individual mobility restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19. Mobility Zones are disjoint sets of counties where a given level of individual mobility directly or indirectly connects all...

The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe integrate the Sustainable Development Goals in their implementation and operations. We focused on four Sustainable Development Goals—gender equality, decent work,...

Developing countries encounter numerous insufficiencies and limits in achieving economic development. Meanwhile they possess specific facilities and preponderance. Free Zone acts as a tool which can relatively compensate the shortcomings and may turn the potential facilities and superiorities to...

China's One Belt and One Road initiative is meaningful in building new types of international relations. China and Russia share similarities in their histories of development, industrial structures, and geographical locations, which are instrumental in building the China-Russia Free Trade Zone....

Noise pollution due to traffic has been recognized as one of the chief sources that negatively affects the quality of life in urban areas across the globe. It is important to monitor and analyze the noise level before purposing remedial measures. So, the main aim of this study is the analysis...

This article is aimed to:1) study the sources of income of local administrative organizations in the Special Economic Zones Area, 2) study fiscal autonomy in revenue collection of local administrative organizations in the Special Economic Zones and 3) study and analyze the guidelines for...