12 February 2014 ABC News Karratha’s business lobby is hoping its recent talks with Federal Government representatives will help shape the proposed northern Australia white paper. The town’s chamber of commerce and […]
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Article – Kenya earns 543 mln USD in 2013 from export economic zones
5 January 2014 Global Times Kenya’s Export Processing Zones (EPZ) earned the East African country $543 million in the last financial year, a government official said on Tuesday. Export Processing Zone Authority […]
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28 January 2014 Matthew Circosta Moody’s Analytics The success of Japan’s new economic zones hinges on the implementation of much-needed reforms in healthcare, agriculture, and the labour market. Building restrictions have been […]
Read moreArticle – Let's not be too hasty in rejecting northern development
18 August 2013 Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University The Conversation In the early noughties former Labor leader Kim Beazley suggested that he’d like to see the unemployment rate […]
Read moreArticle – Southeast Kentucky's Promise Zone officially announced by President Obama
9 January 2014 James R. Carroll Courier Journal A new special economic development zone for eight high-poverty counties in southeastern Kentucky announced by President Barack Obama on Thursday can be a key […]
Read moreArticle – The State of Economic Freedom in Asia
23 January 2014 Olivia Enos The Foundry Asia is home to some of the economically freest and least free nations in the world, according to the recently released Index of Economic Freedom. […]
Read moreArticle – Abe eyes building boom to boost prices
22 January 2014 Chikako Mogi Australian Financial Review Japan wants to trigger a jump in inner city property prices by loosening building restrictions in test zones in the latest phase of Prime […]
Read moreArticle – Shanghai PFTZ: the Facts
What’s new for foreign investors? Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIEs) enjoy the same treatment as Chinese companies throughout the pre-establishment period of their business. They can set up without approval of the Ministry of […]
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