scholarly journals Special economic zones in Southern Africa: Is success influenced by design attributes?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Dube ◽  
Wellington Matsika ◽  
Gamuchirai Chiwunze
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Design Attributes ◽  
Economic Zones

scholarly journals Special economic zones in Southern Africa: white elephants or latent drivers of growth and employment? The case of Zambia and South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mwanda Phiri ◽  
Shimukunku Manchishi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Coordination Failures ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Economic Tools ◽  
Economic Zones

The successful use of special economic zones as economic tools for export-led industrial development in East Asia propelled a wave of similar initiatives across Africa. In Southern Africa, Zambia and South Africa instituted special economic zones in their respective legal and institutional frameworks in the 2000s as mechanisms for catalysing industrialization and employment creation by means of domestic and foreign investments. Using a case-study approach, we find that special economic zones in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, are largely latent drivers of growth and employment hampered by inadequate infrastructure financing and provision and weak local supplier capabilities. Special economic zones in Lusaka, Zambia, face similar constraints but are further hampered by inadequate business services provision, burdensome regulations and business procedures, a fragmented incentive framework, institutional coordination failures, and a weak design that does not leverage strategic anchor industries for greater agglomeration economies, thus rendering them more of white elephants.

scholarly journals Special economic zones and transnational zones as tools for Southern Africa’s growth: Lessons from international best practices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roseline T. Karambakuwa ◽  
Ronney M. Ncwadi ◽  
Weliswa Matekenya ◽  
Leward Jeke ◽  
Syden Mishi
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
Economic Zones

The paper evaluates strategies for developing successful special economic zones and transnational zones for Southern African countries to spur growth and employment. Most special economic zones implemented in Southern Africa have largely failed to bring adequate growth and employment due to numerous constraints. Globally, selected countries have successfully implemented export-oriented industries through such spatial industrial policy. We review case studies across the world by comparing different regions on selected indicators related to the best-practice framework developed through this study. The framework represents the five key components of successful special enterprise zones, namely: institutional arrangements; running (operational) framework; expansion framework; attaining/achieving framework; and reflection/review mechanisms. We identify best practice and review the implications for implementation and sustainability strategy in Southern Africa. The main findings point to unique lessons from international best practice on the establishment and operational strategy for zones and opportunities for transnational zones.

Special Economic Zones

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Farole ◽  
Gokhan Akinci
Keyword(s):  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Economic Zones

The Influence of Enterprises with Participation of Foreign Capital on the Labour Market Situation in Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Dorota Sobol
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Foreign Capital ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Scientific Project ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Economic Zones

The aim of the article is to present the influence on the labour market of enterprises with participation offoreign capital in special economic zones (SEZ) in Poland. The research utilised selected results of the surveys conducted among enterprises with participation of foreign capital operating in all Polish special economic zones for the scientific project called Foreign direct investments in the special economic zones of Poland'. These findings are complemented by opinions from management boards of all the zones in Poland concerning the influence of the foreign direct investments (FDI) located in the individual zones on the labour market of the region in which they operate.

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