Alternative South–South development collaboration? The role of China in the Coega Special Economic Zone in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Lisa Thompson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Economic Zone

scholarly journals The Joint Arabic Investments Role at Aqaba Special Economic Zone: Marsa Zayed as a Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Hanem Rajab Ibrahem Al-Darwesh
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Random Survey

The study addressed the role of Arabic investments in Aqaba special economic zone (ASEZ), and tried to answer the following questions: are the necessary potentials and features available in (ASEZ) to provide an attractive investment climate for the Arabic investments, what is the level of policies effectiveness for improving the investment climate in (ASEZ) to attract the Arabic investments, what is the level of guarantees effectiveness provided by (ASEZ) to encourage Arabic investments, and what is the level of investment privileges and facilities, related to the investments provided by (ASEZ) to attract the Arab investment to it. Data were collected through one study tool that consisted of 30 paragraphs by using Likert fifth scale. Study importance comes from its benefit to decision makers at (ASEZ) to avoid some of the pitfalls and barriers that face the investment in it, where the descriptive analytical approach was used to calculate the arithmetic means, standard deviations, percentages, and T-test on paragraphs of the questionnaire that was distributed by the simple random survey method. Study results showed the existence of distinctive characteristics within the investment climate at (ASEZ), and also concluded that (ASEZA) plays a big role in attracting Arabic investments to Aqaba, the study in return arrived to the existence of some barriers that limit the Arabic investments attraction to Aqaba, the most important of those are: management problems, multiple decision making parties, bureaucratic, and routine. The study recommended to reformulate operation of the united investment window, in a way that makes it a role model, to repair the internal house of government institutions and agencies dealing with investment, entrepreneurship or projects, and train staffs to facilitate the procedures offers for foreign investors, which encourage them to establish their projects there and improve the image of Jordan as an attractive country for investment and investors.

scholarly journals A green transition in South Africa? Sociotechnical experimentation in the Atlantis Special Economic Zone

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-211
Author(s):  
Richard Grant ◽  
Pádraig Carmody ◽  
James T. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Localization Economies ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

AbstractSouth Africa faces interconnected challenges of developing and diversifying its economy and adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change. A green policy tilt is ascendant in the country, manifest in a cascading array of policies and special initiatives. Utilising concepts from the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions, we assess Africa's first designated Green Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Atlantis SEZ (ASEZ) in the Western Cape, a niche innovation aimed at transforming the Province's industrial base. This initiative is very ambitious in four respects: (1) it links green SEZ development in a deprived metropolitan area to the broader regional economy; (2) it utilises an innovative governance structure; (3) it promises localization economies and export potential; and (4) it connects SEZ niche experimentation with emergent renewable energy regimes. While elements are in place which might seed a sociotechnical transition, societal and political forces (i.e. landscape features) continue to limit its realisation, highlighting the immanent, structural realities shaping South Africa's economic futures.

scholarly journals Role of Special Economic Zone (SEZs) in Creation of Employment, Investment and Export in India

2018 ◽  
Vol V (3(9)) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Babita Kumari ◽  
Mohammad Tayyab ◽  
Shahfahad ◽  
Atiqur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Economic Zone

scholarly journals Characteristics of Tourism Business Personnel Affected By Covid-19 in Belitung District

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devi Valeriani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
School Education ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Economic Zone

The economic situation that is increasingly not conducive due to the Covid-19 pandemic must be addressed by the affected business actors. Belitung Regency is a Special Economic Zone (KEK) for Tourism, which is currently developing in the Province of Bangka Belitung Islands. In the development of SEZs, the role of tourism business actors is very important in meeting the needs of tourists, with various creativities and innovations from these business actors. This research was conducted with a qualitative descriptive approach, the number of respondents was 100 business actors through distributing questionnaires and direct interviews to tourism business actors. The results showed the characteristics of tourism business actors were dominated by high school education level, the average business actor was married, the majority of the business type was culinary. Marketing is done online.

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