Export processing zones in Sri Lanka: A cost-benefit appraisal

Journal of International Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 727-737

  Jayanthakumaran, K ^a   Weiss, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0031420688     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199707)9:5<727::AID-JID272>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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