SEZs

Features

Where are the Kuril Islands and why are they so important to Russia and Japan?

A group of islands with a population of only 20,000 have been causing tension between Russia and Japan since the…

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FDI in SEZs: Global challenges and the way forward

With economies around the world facing major challenges today, it is an appropriate time to review the past, take stock…

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The future of special economic zones – a best practice model

The UN Conference on Trade and Development's 2019 World Investment Report estimated that between 2014 and 2018, the number of…

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Golden Triangle: The world’s worst special economic zone

In February 2022, authorities raided the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos, freeing dozens of Chinese women from…

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Five unexpected strategies for high-performing SEZs to adopt

Why do some economic zones significantly outperform others despite sharing many common attributes? This is the key question for zone…

How Coyol Free Zone protected and thrived during Covid-19

Coyol Free Zone (CFZ) in Costa Rica is the overall winner in Investment Monitor’s inaugural Economic Zone Sustainable Recovery Strategies…

Events

Economic Zone Sustainable Recovery Strategies Awards 2021 – The results

Economic zones (EZs) have proven resilient in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Zoë Harries, a project director…

Features

How Shenzhen moved out of Hong Kong’s shadow

[caption id="attachment_49631" align="alignnone" width="658"] Shenzhen has gone from fishing village to skyscraper-dotted metropolis in the space of a few decades.…

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Judge the UK’s free ports on their merits, not the echo chamber

[caption id="attachment_35554" align="alignnone" width="658"] The UK's free ports will bring benefits to the wider regions of places such as Felixstowe…

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A guide to England’s eight new free ports

[caption id="attachment_33725" align="alignnone" width="658"] Will ports such as Immingham on the banks of the Humber benefit from the UK government's…