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One: the world economic environment of the socialist economic integration in the early and mid-seventies -- One: The new stage of the crisis of the capitalist world economy and the socialist alternative -- Two: Realistic perspectives of East-West economic cooperation -- Two. Contributions to the Theory of the International Division of Labour -- One: Internationalization of economic processes -- Two: Limitations to the measurement of intertwining -- Three: Advantages deriving from the division of labour -- Four: Character of the national economies and the field of gravitation -- Three: The Socialist Integration -- One: Eastern Europe before the socialist revolutions — the peripheral belt of the advanced West -- Two: Prehistory of the West-European economic region -- Three: The determining role of the economic policy of socialist industrialization in developing the present integrational requirements of Eastern Europe -- Four: The deviating character of the "Western" and the "Eastern" types of economic integration (the EEC and the CMEA) -- Five: The requirement of equalizing the development levels -- Six: Rearrangement of the advantages derived from the division of labour in the course of industrialization -- Seven: Basic features of the operation of the socialist integration -- Eight: The building stones of the socialist integration: the national economic strategies -- Nine: Harmonization of national economic policies: the basic mechanism of socialist integration -- Ten: Market systems at the service of economic policy coordination -- Four: The Basic Conditions of the Hungarian Economic Development Strategy -- One: The basic conditions of the Hungarian foreign-trade strategy -- Two: Possible innovative cores of the Hungarian economy -- Three: Some conclusions.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author, Editors and Reviewers -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Special Economic Zones Unpacked -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Context of Special Economic Zones -- 1.3 The Rationale of Special Economic Zones -- 1.4 Overview of Global Special Economic Zones -- Asia -- China -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Africa -- Transition Economies -- Developed Economies -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Overview of Special Economic Zones in Africa -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 An Overview of Special Economic Zones in Africa -- Special Economic Zones in Existence and Incentives Offered -- Activities in Special Economic Zones -- Cooperation Between China and Africa on Special Economic Zones in Africa -- China's Role in Special Economic Zones in Africa: Case Studies -- Ethiopia -- Bole Lemi Industrial Zone -- Eastern Industrial Zone -- Nigeria -- Lekki Free Zone -- Lagos Free Trade Zone -- Zambia -- Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone -- Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone -- Chambishi Multi-Facility Economic Zone -- Lusaka East Multi-Facility Economic Zone -- 2.3 Conclusion -- Annexure 2.1: SEZs in Sub-Saharan Africa -- References -- Part II: Role of Governments and Policy Compatibility -- Chapter 3: Regulatory and Institutional Framework of Special Economic Zones -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The National Regulatory Framework -- Overall Regulatory Framework -- The Special Economic Zones Laws -- Content of the Special Economic Zones Laws -- Definition of Special Economic Zones -- Objectives of Special Economic Zones and Targeted Sectors -- Investment Attraction Tools in Special Economic Zones Laws -- Establishment and Operational Requirements for Special Economic Zone Users -- 3.3 Institutional Set-up of Special Economic Zones.

Preliminary Material /Peter A.G. van Bergeijk , Maaike Okano-Heijmans and Jan Melissen -- Introduction Economic Diplomacy: /Peter A.G. van Bergeijk , Maaike Okano-Heijmans and Jan Melissen -- Conceptualizing Economic Diplomacy: /Maaike Okano-Heijmans -- Globalism Ascendant, Regionalism Stagnant: /Mireya Solís -- 'Great Power Style' in China's Economic Diplomacy: /Yang Jiang -- EU Economic Diplomacy: /Stephen Woolcock -- The Economic Effectiveness of Diplomatic Representation: /Peter A.G. van Bergeijk , Henri L.F. de Groot and Mina Yakop -- Commercial Diplomats in the Context of International Business /Olivier Naray -- Any Ties that Bind? Economic Diplomacy on the South Asian Subcontinent /Han Dorussen , Syed Mansoob Mansoob and Hugh Ward -- Economic Diplomacy in a Changing World /Maxime Verhagen and Henk Bleker -- The Diplomacy of the Financial Crisis in Context /Nicholas Bayne -- Development Cooperation as Economic Diplomacy? /Arjan de Haan -- Subject Index /Peter A.G. van Bergeijk , Maaike Okano-Heijmans and Jan Melissen -- Name Index /Peter A.G. van Bergeijk , Maaike Okano-Heijmans and Jan Melissen.

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