Export processing zones in Madagascar: A success story under threat?

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 785-803

  Cling, Jean Pierre ^a   Razafindrakoto, Mireille ^a   Roubaud, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; AGOA; Employment; Export processing zones; Madagascar; Wages

Indexed keywords

MULTIFIBER ARRANGEMENT; REGIONAL TRADE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 16844362445     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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