The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, partner institution in the SEZ project, hosted a policy forum on 7 June 2024 in Accra, Ghana. The forum served as platform to discuss strategies to boost…
The SEZ project held a policy forum on 7 June 2024 in Accra, Ghana, organized by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana.
Project partners from the University of Ghana, Charles Godfred Ackah and Robert Darko Osei, together with Baah Aye Kusi recently published a research paper in the journal Managerial and Decision Economics on SEZ dynamics and firm performance, drawing…
Research article “Special Economic Zones, Gender and Innovations: New Evidence from an Emerging Economy” authored by Charles Godfred Ackah, Robert Darko Osei and Baah Aye Kusi from the University of Ghana was published in the journal Cogent Business…
A paper entitled “Place-based Policies and Firm Performance: Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India” by project members Prof. Holger Görg and Alina Mulyukova has been accepted for publication in European Economic Review.
This paper explores…
This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the direct effects of the program on firm performance. We combine geocoded firm-level data and geocoded SEZs. Our analysis yields that…
The SEZ project in collaboration with the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs (EPCES) of India held a policy forum on 26 March 2024 in Delhi, India. The theme of the event was the role of SEZ policy in the process of economic development, its…
The SEZ project in collaboration with the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs (EPCES) of India held a policy forum on 26 March 2024 in Delhi, India. The theme of the event was the role of SEZ policy in the process of economic development, its…
Economic zones can be powerful drivers of economic growth in developing countries. However, less is known about their distributional impact on the local society. This paper provides empirical evidence from Indonesian provinces on the relationship…
This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of a prominent place-based policy - Special Economic Zones (SEZs) - on the economic well-being of African households. We compile a novel dataset on repeated cross-sections of households living in…
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