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8 minutos The Federal Government appears unrelenting in its push for rapid, inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, job creation and diversified export earnings. Undeterred by the barrage of import ban on Nigeria’s agro-allied products by some importing countries over the failure to meet international quality standards, government has, this time, turned to the use of export-oriented Special Economic Zones (SEZs). SEZs operate against the background of highly efficient infrastructural facilities, less bureaucracy and streamlined one-stop-shop operational procedures. This is partly because of the bespoke incentives Continue lendo→

3 minutos The special economic zones (SEZs) are special, because they promise to offer something that the country in which they are located does not offer. SEZs provide a more liberal business environment, a much better governmental interface and lucrative incentives. But most importantly, they promise to resolve the fundamental investment constraints that the country faces. What holds back investors from investing in Pakistan? Besides quoting security concerns that are now rapidly fading, businesses and investors often complain about poorly skilled workforce, corruption, cumbersome Continue lendo→

2 minutos O governador Wilson Witzel (PSC) anunciou nesta quinta-feira (14) que retomou o processo administrativo para a criação da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) na região do Porto do Açu, em São João da Barra. Witzel também se encontrou com o secretário nacional da Indústria e Comércio, Caio Megale, o presidente da Companhia de Desenvolvimento Industrial (Codin), Fábio Galvão, e o secretário de Estado de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Geração de Emprego e Renda, Lucas Tristão, para tratar do assunto. — A ZPE Continue lendo→

2 minutos A comitiva formada pelo governador Wellington Dias e a superintendente de Parcerias e Concessões do Estado (Suparc), Viviane Moura, apresentou a investidores o projeto de construção do Porto de Luís Correia, na tarde desta quarta-feira (13), na sede da Associação Brasileira da Infraestrutura e Indústria de Base (Abdib), em São Paulo. A atividade faz parte de uma agenda de promoção do projeto de Parceria Público Privada para construção e administração do Porto piauiense. Para o presidente da Abdib, Venilton Tadini, a qualidade Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto China launched its Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Program in 2013 to accelerate the country’s reform and opening up. There are now 12 Free Trade Zones with the most recent and largest being Hainan FTZestablished in April 2018. While FTZs are relatively new, the principle of a zonal based approach to economic development in China is not. Ever since Deng Xiaoping began to liberalize the economy in 1978, zones have served as important test beds for economic reform before being rolled out Continue lendo→