Special Economic Zones in India: White Elephants or Race Horses
Siddhartha Mitra
Jadavpur University - Department of Economics
Abstract:
On the basis of economic theory and history we can conclude that absorption of agricultural labour is necessary for sustained economic development of a developing country. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) constitute a medium for such sustenance. However, the SEZ policy in India has suffered from permission being granted for far too many sub-optimally sized SEZs or for others serving as appendages to mega cities and therefore inheriting all the diseconomies associated with the large size of the latter.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 21
Keywords: Special Economic Zones, Absorption, Employment
JEL Classification: O10, O40
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Mitra, Siddhartha, Special Economic Zones in India: White Elephants or Race Horses. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=969274 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.969274
