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menos de 1 minuto Special economic zones (SEZs) have become a widely adopted economic policy tool in developing and emerging economies, particularly over the last two decades. Despite the increasing importance of SEZs, the literature on their impact on innovation remains scarce and non-conclusive, with most existing literature focused on single-country case studies. Our research addresses this gap by offering an analysis across multiple countries. We employ a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach to find out whether SEZ establishment has an impact on innovation activity within Continue lendo→

46 minutos The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones Lotta Moberg Abstract This paper is a first attempt to apply a robust political economy framework to explain when Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can contribute to economic development. In a robust political economy, institutions channel the actions of self-interested individuals to promote economic progress. SEZs can promote economic growth, but tend in the wrong institutional context to foster misallocated investments and skewed incentives. Policy makers that introduce SEZ must overcome the knowledge problem to avoid Continue lendo→

1 minuto The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become an important component of South Africa’s industrial policy aimed at stimulating investment, industrialisation, employment creation, and regional economic development. Despite their strategic importance, concerns remain regarding the extent to which SEZs contribute meaningfully to addressing persistent socio-economic challenges such as unemployment, inequality, and uneven regional growth. This study evaluates the impact of SEZs on employment creation and socio-economic development in South Africa while examining the institutional and structural factors influencing their performance. The study adopted Continue lendo→