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.
Substantive progress is needed on specific sustainable industrialization indicators.
Countries can pick up their pace with policies based on reliable industrial statistics.
Left unaddressed, power asymmetries in the world economy can negatively impact industrialization in the Global South.
The new techno-economic paradigm offers a window of opportunity for latecomer countries to leapfrog into new sectors and industries.
The pandemic-induced crisis will have severe impacts on household incomes and industries in the region and requires swift policy actions.
The pandemic is causing massive disruptions to flows of foreign direct investments. Developing countries are likely to be hit the hardest.