Benchmarking Madagascar’s Free Zone Competitiveness
The Government of Mauritius is implementing the Mauritius Africa Strategy, which is focused on positioning Mauritius as a bridge for investment and trade in order to open new markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A cornerstone of this strategy is sh...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728071592364308673/Benchmarking-Madagascar-s-Free-Zone-Competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33972 |
| Summary: | The Government of Mauritius is
implementing the Mauritius Africa Strategy, which is focused
on positioning Mauritius as a bridge for investment and
trade in order to open new markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). A cornerstone of this strategy is sharing the
successful experience of Mauritius in providing an
attractive business environment bundled with good
infrastructure and services in order to accelerate
investments in trade, services and manufacturing in SSA
countries. This technical note is in response to a request
from both the MAF and Government of Mauritius and the EDBM
and GoM for: i) an update of the current status of the SEZ
regime in Madagascar i.e. policy, legal, regulatory and
institutional framework and current proposals being
considered by the GoM as well as opportunities for
improvement, ii) benchmarking Madagascar’s main competitors
in the global textile and apparel markets (such as
Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Kenya) and comparing their SEZ
regimes for textile and garment zones to identify
competitiveness strengths and weaknesses and lessons
learned, and iii) outline opportunities for successful
development of the proposed zone for consideration by both
the GoM and the MAF and Government of Mauritius. |
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