@article{e3d8c39dcad94d9e8e28f229471e1b0b,
title = "Is China{\textquoteright}s model of SEZ-led development viable? A call for smart replication",
abstract = "While China{\textquoteright}s experience of using special economic zones (SEZs) for advancing economic development is a model increasingly adopted in other developing countries, the processes involved in replicating this model elsewhere and the outcomes of such replication remain little understood. This review article{\textquoteright}s nested examination of three relevant strands of literature and two case studies of India and Ethiopia indicates that successful replication of China{\textquoteright}s SEZ-led development would involve deliberate processes of adaptation from the original model. Replication must be “smart,” by taking into account the temporal, systemic and other discrepancies between the Chinese model and the replicating country; replicating the benefits of China{\textquoteright}s approach whilst avoiding the drawbacks; and maximising the positive effects of direct Chinese involvement and investments while reducing negative repercussions. ",
author = "Jan Knoerich and Liliane Mouan and Charlotte Goodburn",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the participants of our workshop on ?Chinese investment in developing-country special economic zones: Impacts on labour and migration,? for their insights which supported us in developing this article. The workshop was held on 9 and 10 July 2018 and was organised by the Transnational Law Institute and the Lau China Institute at King?s College London. We would like to thank Claire Reynolds and Yiqin Huang for excellent research assistance and Lorenzo Cotula for his helpful comments on earlier versions of this article. This article benefited from generous support offered by the King?s Together Fund and the King?s Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1177/1868102621993487",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "248--262",
journal = "Journal of Current Chinese Affairs",
issn = "1868-4874",
publisher = "Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies",
number = "2",
}
