Firms tend to cluster in close geographic proximity to each other to benefit from reduced transport costs, shared inputs, and productivity spillovers due to learning and technology transfers. Evidence from low-income countries suggests that such agglomeration economies may be substantial in...

Introduction: the art of engineering prosperity in unlikely places -- The tyranny of litanies -- Unpleasant truths about institutional and financial development -- The economics of chance: policy prescriptions as laundry lists -- The mechanics of failure and the secrets of success -- Ambitious...

African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...

1. Introduction--Are SEZs and business hubs the best tools for development? / Douglas Zhihua Zeng, Hyung-Gon Jeong -- 2. Special economic zones as a tool of industrial development: case of Masan FTZ in South Korea / Hyung-Gon Jeong, Jong-Hun Pek -- 3. Free economic zone as a tool of transition...

Preface -- New trends in globalization and China's strategies / YUAN Zhigang and YU Yuxin -- Reflection on the development strategy of Shanghai pilot free trade zone / Dazhong Cheng and Bin Jiang -- Taking advantage of China (Shanghai) pilot free trade zone to upgrade international trade in...

Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...

Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...