Special economic zones :   progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / 
edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci. 
 - xxii, 319 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - World Bank e-Library. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? : export processing zones and structural reform in Mauritius / Claude Baissac -- The gender dimensions of special economic zones / Sheba Tejani -- Low-carbon, green special economic zones / Han-Koo Yeo and Gokhan Akinci. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0821387634 (pbk.) 9780821387634 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011284555 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic zoning--Developing countries.<br/>Enterprise zones--Developing countries.<br/>Export processing zones--Developing countries.<br/>Foreign trade promotion--Developing countries.<br/>Free ports and zones--Developing countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Developing countries--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD1393.5  / .S64 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.8/7