Special Economic Zones: Boon or bane for emerging country firms?
An industrial policy measure to attract foreign investment to the private sector.
An industrial policy measure to attract foreign investment to the private sector.
Left unaddressed, power asymmetries in the world economy can negatively impact industrialization in the Global South.
Effective place-based policies need to deliver desired spatial economic cohesion while minimizing resource waste and secondary distortions.
The pandemic is causing massive disruptions to flows of foreign direct investments. Developing countries are likely to be hit the hardest.