Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam's Special Economic Zones

The China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies published in April 2019 a paper titled "Lessons from East Asia: Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam's Early-Stage Special Economic Zone Development" by Keyi Tang.

The paper compares how Ethiopia and Vietnam have learned from East Asian countries' experiences in developing their own special economic zones (SEZs). A Chinese and a Taiwanese overseas SEZ were the first SEZs developed respectively in Ethiopia and in Vietnam, which provided lessons for domestic policymakers on how to better improve the legal and institutional framework, infrastructure, and administrative services needed for SEZ development.