Factors Affecting Performance of Special Economic Zones

Abstract

The chapter attempts to generalize and categorize the most common factors affecting SEZ performance globally. The effectiveness of SEZ functioning depends on its type and a variety of internal and external factors. These factors have different nature, importance, and scale of severity of influence. Many academic papers focus only on tax, foreign trade, and administrative incentives in SEZ. However, the general factors connected with country's investment climate, geographical location of SEZ, and other factors are not least influential. Thus, the chapter aims at identifying a system of main factors of different nature affecting SEZ performance.