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Reviving the Indian SEZs

Reviving the Indian SEZs

2 minutos SEZs are industrial enclaves entitled with fiscal benefits and located within a country’s  sovereign borders and have the objective of increasing balance of trade and attract newer inward-investments into the country along with creation of newer jobs. SEZ, as a concept, started in mid-1950s in countries with larger presence in industrial sectors. Ireland was one of the earliest adopters in setting up SEZ. The concept of labour-arbitrage which started as a competitive advantage for nations to compete with each other for global Continue lendo→

Special economic zones hailed as proper investment platform

Special economic zones hailed as proper investment platform

1 minuto Minister for Finance Taimur Jhagra has laid stress on special economic zones as a proper investment platform for industries and businesses. He said this while speaking as a keynote speaker at a webinar organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade.  The online dialogue was titled “Investment Opportunities for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a post-Covid-19 scenario”. The session was moderated by Hassan Daud Butt, CEO KP-Board of Investment & Trade. The minister said special economic zones have to be the way Continue lendo→

Investidores alemães apresentam proposta para instalação de usina de milho na ZPE em Uberaba

Investidores alemães apresentam proposta para instalação de usina de milho na ZPE em Uberaba

3 minutos Produtores Rurais e representantes do setor agro de Uberaba estiveram reunidos na quinta-feira (2) para apresentação sobre proposta de construção de uma usina de álcool de milho na área da Zona de Processamento de Exportação em Uberaba (ZPE). O evento foi acompanhado pelo secretário de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Turismo e Inovação (Sedec), José Renato Gomes, pela presidente do Conselho Municipal de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social de Uberaba (Comdesu), Anne Roy Nóbrega; do presidente do Sindicato Rural de Uberaba, Gilberto de Oliveira; do Continue lendo→

Reforming African economies post pandemic

Reforming African economies post pandemic

4 minutos When the tourism and hospitality industries reopen their doors, will tourists and holidaymaker flock in triple and quadruple their previous numbers and will they do so long enough for the industries to stabilize and resume growth? Will air travel shake off the blow it has taken, will it be willing to pocket less profit to attract business or will it hike prices to capitalize the anticipated initial high demand post the pandemic? How individual industries will raise from the ashes of the Continue lendo→

Kingdom hopes its SEZs will lure more US firms – Cambodia.

Kingdom hopes its SEZs will lure more US firms – Cambodia.

3 minutos Cambodia’s special economic zones (SEZs) are among several Asean peers that boast potential opportunities for US investors, seeking to diversify their supply chains, according to a recent report conducted by an international service firm. It said the bloc’s SEZs are playing an important role in facilitating greater trade between the region and the US through various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, said Dezan Shira & Associates – a pan-Asia, multi-disciplinary professional services firm, providing legal, tax and operational advice to international corporate investors. Continue lendo→