Do export processing zones attract FDI and its benefits

The effect of special economic zones on governance performance and their spillover effects in Chinese provinces

“…Graham () indicates that the creation of SEZs in early 1980s in China was the main factor that might explain China's huge success in attracting many FDIs. He also wanted the countries to learn from the success of China's SEZs that the reform time and the world economic scenery are closely related to the success of early SEZs in China.…”

“…In pursuit of economic development, several policy makers have prioritized the creation of SEZs. SEZs support a broader policy reform (Ge, ), attract foreign direct investment (FDI; Graham, ), explore the new policies (Heilmann, ), and enhance social and economic development (Ambroziak & Hartwell, ). However, SEZs mainly aim to create economic outcomes such as productivity growth, higher exports, and lower unemployment rates.…”

“…The nature of SEZs is in which governments could apply distinctive policies to attract investments (Graham, ) in order to develop the regional economic (Ambroziak & Hartwell, ) or to test the new policies before applying it in whole countries (Heilmann, ). Practically, there are controversy over the success and compliance of SEZs with different countries (Aggarwal et al, ; Hartwell, ; Rolfe, Woodward, & Kagira, ).…”

“…The nature of SEZs is in which governments could apply distinctive policies to attract investments (Graham, 2004) in order to develop the regional economic (Ambroziak & Hartwell, 2018) or to test the Abbreviations: CDA, coastal development zone; FTZ, free trade zone; SEZ, special economic zone. new policies before applying it in whole countries (Heilmann, 2008).…”

SEZ Proliferation in India: Are the Objectives Being Realized?

“…With the coming up of SEZs across the world, a new found interest has gained a lot of momentum in this field. (Graham 2004); Abraham et al 2010) among many others have studied the issue of SEZ as an Economic (Wei 2000;Wong and Chu 1984), phenomenon studying the role of FDI that comes in with the establishment of SEZ. (Sampat 2010) has focused on the negatives impact that an SEZ in the local regional occupational patterns and the debate of its contribution towards economic development of the region (Kadir 2010).…”