Polity Atlas
TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0686 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Special economic zone · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“A cross-country study of zones in emerging economies found that zone growth is hard to sustain, that country context, proximity to large cities and markets and prior industrialisation matter, and that fiscal incentives are not structurally correlated with zone performance.”

Evidence that supports

1

Evidence that contradicts

0

No counter-evidence recorded.

Context

Special Economic Zones in Africa: Comparing Performance and Learning from Global Experience

Status history

No earlier revisions.

Disputes

No disputes have been filed.

Dispute or add evidence

Submissions are reviewed by an editor and logged publicly on this claim. A source is required.

Your evidence
Not signed in — leave an email so an editor can follow up.