Export Processing Zones in Sub-Saharan Africa
Attempts in Africa to use Export Processing Zones (EPZ) as an instrument for economic development, with the exception of Mauritius, have been less successful then in countries in East Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean basin. This paper exami...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1943350/export-processing-zones-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9797 |
| Summary: | Attempts in Africa to use Export
Processing Zones (EPZ) as an instrument for economic
development, with the exception of Mauritius, have been less
successful then in countries in East Asia, Central America,
and the Caribbean basin. This paper examines the literature
on Export Processing and Free Trade Zones. Successful zones
in Mauritius, Tangiers, Panama and the Dominican Republic,
were visited and investors, developers and government
officials in the zones were interviewed in order to
determine what were the factors that resulted in their
success. The paper concludes that there is substantial
potential for African countries to benefit from
export-oriented growth based on the development of EPZs. Any
country attempting to develop an EPZ program will have to
enlist the concerted and coordinated support of its
development partners in the implementation of its program. |
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