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5 minutos Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become an increasingly popular instrument to promote economic development. Over the last two decades, in particular, SEZs have proliferated in emerging and transition economies. States promoting zones have sought to stimulate economic development both within and outside the zone. Within the zone, states aim to attract investment that will lead to new firms and jobs, and to facilitate skills and technology transfers. Outside the zone, states aim to generate synergies, networks, and knowledge spillovers to foster additional economic Continue lendo→

10 minutos From available records, the world’s First Free Trade Zone (FFTZ) dates back to 166 BC, when Greece made the island of Delos a Free Port. The succeeding Roman Empire followed up with its Civitas Libera or Free Cities which were exempted from paying the annual tribute the reigning emperor, and allowed to mint their own coins and make their own laws. In the 12th Century, the Hanseatic League (a confederation of trading cities chartered and loosely governed by the Holy Roman Empire) Continue lendo→

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6 minutos Luego de finalizar el primer congreso de zonas francas y las nuevas regulaciones publicadas, Gustavo Lorenzo, director Ejecutivo de Impuestos Indirectos (aduanas y comercio exterior) en Ernst & Young, aseguró que estas áreas de tributación especial “tienen el reto de ofrecer más y mejores oportunidades de negocios, tanto en materia de la manufactura y producción de bienes en general, como en la diversificación de servicios que puedan prestarse en o desde tales espacios”. Según él, los futuros proyectos de salud “ubicados en Continue lendo→

6 minutos Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Previously, he was chief economist and economic adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden and executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. In 1995-96, he was Deputy Chief Economist at America’s Department of Labour. He is the author of numerous books on economics. Follow him on Twitter at @econjared When I joined the Economic Policy Institute in the early 1990s, we were among the only economists Continue lendo→