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Contents
Low-Carbon, Green SEZs around the World: Current Status and Future Trends References
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Index
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Boxes 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 5.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 10.1
Incentives Offered in Bangladesh EPZs The Labor Counselor Program The Korean EPZ: The First Private EPZ in Bangladesh The Economic Zones Act Incentives in the Honduras Free Zones San Pedro Sula: Key Agglomeration for the Export Sector The Critical Role of Domestic Investors in Attracting FDI Instituto Politécnico Centroamericano Timeline: Tianjin TEDA in Egypt Challenges in the Lekki Free Zone in Nigeria SIP Free Trade Zone Development The Apparel Sector in the Dominican Republic Gulf and Western Establishes the Dominican Republic’s First FZ in 1969 Profile of the Dominican Republic’s Free Zones in 2010 Grupo M Pioneered the Strategy of Production Sharing between FZs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti The First Modern SEZ, Shannon, Ireland The Development of Backward Linkages: A Successful and Less Successful Example SEZs and Labor Circulation: A “Domestic Diaspora”? A Tale of Two Countries: Investment Climate Reform SEZs in Cambodia Targeting Productivity Improvements in the EPZs
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Figures 2.1 2.2
Exports (US$ millions) and Contribution to National Exports (percent) of EPZ Enterprises Employment Generation in EPZs (Year-Wise and Cumulative)
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