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Revisiting labour and gender issues in Export Processing Zones : the cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India

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  • Murayama, Mayumi
  • Nobuko, Yokota

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The establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) is a strategy for economic development that was introduced almost fifty years ago and is nowadays employed in a large number of countries. While the number of EPZs including several variants such as Special Economic Zone (SEZs) has increased continuously, general interest in EPZs has declined over the years in contrast to earlier heated debates regarding the efficacy of the strategy and its welfare effects especially on women workers. This article re-evaluates the historical trajectories and outstanding labour and gender issues of EPZs on the basis of the experiences of South Korea, Bangladesh and India. The findings suggest the necessity of enlarging our analytical scope with regard to EPZs, which are inextricably connected with external employment structures, whether outside the EPZ but within the same country, or outside the EPZ and its host country altogether.

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  • Murayama, Mayumi & Nobuko, Yokota, 2008. "Revisiting labour and gender issues in Export Processing Zones : the cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India," IDE Discussion Papers 174, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
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    1. Sina Hardaker, 2020. "Embedded Enclaves? Initial Implications of Development of Special Economic Zones in Myanmar," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 32(2), pages 404-430, April.
    2. Kucera, David & Tejani, Sheba, 2014. "Feminization, Defeminization, and Structural Change in Manufacturing," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 569-582.
    3. Preet Rustagi & Dev Nathan & Amrita Datta, 2015. "Women and Work in South Asia: Changes and Challenges," Working Papers id:6908, eSocialSciences.
    4. Falguni H. Pandya & Yogesh C. Joshi, 2015. "Impact of Fiscal Incentives on SEZs’ Performance in Gujarat," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 50(3), pages 190-218, August.
    5. Tom Barnes, 2015. "The IT industry, employment and informality in India: Challenging the conventional narrative," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 26(1), pages 82-99, March.

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    Keywords

    South Korea; Bangladesh; India; Female labor; Labor problems; Export Processing Zone (EPZ); Special Economic Zone (SEZ); Gender; 韓国; バングラデシュ; インド; 女性労働; 労働問題; 輸出加工区; 特別経済区; ジェンダー;
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    JEL classification:

    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence

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