agosto 2022

5 minutos Em 19 de agosto de 2022, a Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Programas Estratégicos (SEDEPE) enviou ao Ministério da Economia o pedido formal, assinado pelo governador Carlos Brandão, de criação da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) de Bacabeira. O pedido foi acompanhado de robusto projeto, detalhando os motivos, os dados e as empresas já interessadas em participar dela. Zonas econômicas especiais ou de processamento de exportações são “áreas de livre comércio com o exterior, destinadas à instalação de empresas direcionadas para Continue lendo→

10 minutos In April 2017, professor Tom W. Bell from Chapman University wrote an article for FEE called How Special Economic Zones are Quietly Advancing Freedom where he describes how economic zones are being used by states to improve economic freedom. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are geographically limited areas, usually business parks, that are exempted from various taxes and regulations. Governments create SEZs to attract foreign investment, in theory by increasing ease of doing business. My day-to-day work as an SEZ consultant for the Adrianople Group has forced Continue lendo→

6 minutos The establishment of special economic zones (SEZs) dates to the 1950s and as globalisation deepened over the years, they found prominence around the world as an instrument that governments use as part of national development plans to bolster economic development, promote industrialisation and provide a platform for prospective local/international investors to access local and regional markets.  The zones are portions of a nation’s territory designated for certain types of economic activities and are supported by laws and regulatory frameworks that commonly differ Continue lendo→