Thomas Farole’s scientific contributions

... From 50 factories now Bangladesh has more than 4,500 factories, employing more than 2 million people contributing 75 percent of the country's total export earnings. By providing all the needed infrastructure for FEZ's Bangladesh now is one of the successful stories of FEZ's applications (Farole & Akinci, 2011)。 After taking into consideration some of success stories in the implementation of FEZs it is possible to say that some of the main purposes of FEZs are: ...

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Albanian Model of Free Zones: Implementation and Implications

... For an environment-friendly industrial policy in the SEZs or elsewhere, stakeholders need first to be aware of the importance of adopting such a policy and then align themselves (Kimiagari et al., 2013) on the larger goal of sustainable economic development. Adapting from Farole & Akinci (2011), we consider that the success of green SEZs depend on certain basic conditions that can be summarized as follows: ...

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The Special Economic Zone as a Locomotive for Green Development in China