Beschreibung:
This book is the first to examine the Asian experience of special economic zones (SEZs) in China, India, Malaysia and the Philippines. It explores the origins, nature and status of these zones in Asia, together with the current trends connected with them, and the challenges they currently face.
1. SEZs: Policy incubators or catalysts for development? 2. SEZs: A policy tool in search of a new agenda? 3. SEZs and China's attempt to govern the labour market by law 4. A tale of two Chinese SEZs: From exogenous to sustainable endogenous growth? 5. SEZs and improved environmental management in China 6. SEZs and free ports in the Philippines: Challenges and opportunities in the Bases' Conversion Program 7. Iskandar and SEZs in Malaysia's Dualistic Political Economy 8. SEZs in India: an economic policy or a political intervention? 9. The Indian SEZ Act 2005 and its implications for modelling the law and governance of SEZs Resources