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Global EncountersExport Processing Zones and Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment: The Caribbean ‘Offshore’ Development Model

Global Encounters: Export Processing Zones and Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment:... [Since the mid-1980s, the Caribbean has become an increasingly important export platform for US manufacturing firms seeking to reduce costs and offset competition by outsourcing the most labour-intensive aspects of the production process to local assembly factories, mostly located in specially designated export processing zones (EPZ).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Global EncountersExport Processing Zones and Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment: The Caribbean ‘Offshore’ Development Model

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Harrison, Graham
Heron, Tony
Global Encounters — Nov 14, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
ISBN
978-1-349-51506-6
Pages
213 –228
DOI
10.1057/9780230502819_12
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Abstract

[Since the mid-1980s, the Caribbean has become an increasingly important export platform for US manufacturing firms seeking to reduce costs and offset competition by outsourcing the most labour-intensive aspects of the production process to local assembly factories, mostly located in specially designated export processing zones (EPZ).]

Published: Nov 14, 2015

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Dominican Republic; Exchange Rate Policy; United Nations Industrial Development Organization; Export Processing Zone

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