![I first experienced a special economic zone (SEZ) on a journey to a real estate developer’s office located in a high-rise complex known as Cyber City. Cyber City is […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/12/15185742/P1000868-copy-115x115.jpg "Introduction")
![Concepts of ecology and social responsibility were first discussed in the context of economic development in the book written by economists Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos entitled Only One Earth […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/12/15185725/boat-trash-115x115.jpg "Sustainable Development")
![Clarifying “development” is necessary to analyze the SEZ development tool, but the task is not simple as wildly divergent theories span more than 50 years. No theory is perfect and […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/12/15185757/P1010409-115x115.jpg "Appendix: Development Theory")
![Special economic zones (SEZ) are designed to stimulate the economic development of a host country through export-oriented foreign direct investment (FDI). The dominant policy is open door trade that has […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/12/15185801/PuertoMadero-115x115.jpg "The High Stakes of Rapid Growth vs. Sustainable Development: Evaluating a New Generation of SEZ Policy Reform")
![Davies, Martyn J. 2008. “Special Economic Zones: China’s Developmental Model Comes to Africa.” China Into Africa: Trade, Aide and Influence. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. Martyn Davies’ chapter offers both […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/12/15185755/JawaharlalNehruUniversity-115x115.jpg "Annotations")
![I landed in Indonesia with a surfboard and backpack for an unimaginable odyssey that included journeying to remote jungles of Java, trekking to renowned surf breaks of Bali, sailing to […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2060/2011/09/15185758/VTAug10-3151copysm-115x115.jpg "Autobiography")
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