The aunt's husband, Jang Song Thaek, is thought by many experts to be an economic specialist who oversaw the establishment of the special economic zones on the Chinese border and is responsible for the commercial ties with China.
But such incentives are a normal tool of economic policy, especially in developing countries witness the special economic zones of China, or the incentives available to multinationals that set up regional headquarters in Singapore.
Major nations have thus focused on special economic zones that they themselves effectively run.
Our nation needs special economic zones and wiser government, before it is too late.
The state government uses the usual tricks to try to jump-start growth, including special economic zones.
Special economic zones like Shenzhen were the dynamos that started the now unstoppable Chinese economic renaissance.
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The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank, postponed a meeting to discuss special economic zones.
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Already India is seeing a mad rush to set up special economic zones--a less ambitious step-- throughout the country.
The nearby port town of Shantou was one of the mainland's early Special Economic Zones but has lagged other booming coastal areas.
Who knows, maybe in a few years the U.S. will need to set up Special Economic Zones on the East Coast to attract FDI.
To attract foreign investment and help foreign firms avoid garment-export taxes, Bangladesh's government set up special economic zones in Dhaka, the capital, and surrounding cities.
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Along the way, he was involved in setting up China's successful special economic zones, which brought huge flows of capital and technology into the nation.
The answer to getting them gainfully employed lies in creating special economic zones in the blighted hinterlands of Greece, Spain and Italy.
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But optimists can point to a government policy, in place since late 2011, to create giant new special economic zones (SEZs) that deal with these problems.
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The new minimum wage is roughly 200 RMB higher than Tianjin and other choice locations, and land prices are generally cheaper in northern special economic zones.
His first moves were to allow private farming (result: a major increase in productivity) and to create special economic zones that would allow private business and even foreign investment.
All the same, the recent announcement that two special economic zones will be developed with the co-operation of China might just signal the start of a big change for the stricken country.
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The various free-trade and special economic zones that have been set up have attracted some money, but so far the trade zones, at least, have been used more for importing than for exporting.
Rao believes that the previous government spent too much time on policies relating to special economic zones and the allocation of telecom spectrum, both of which became highly politicized issues and symbols of crony capitalism.
In a speech in August in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, to mark its 30th anniversary as one of China's first Special Economic Zones, Mr Wen argued in unusually strong terms for the importance of political reform.
Kim Jong Il often appeared to toy with the idea of Chinese-style market reforms usually after visiting China and set up several "special economic zones" in the border area, but repeatedly balked at introducing the necessary reforms to allow private enterprise to flourish.
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