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The Jizzakh Free Economic Zone, Uzbekistan’s 7th SEZ, has been providing new jobs and bringing millions of dollars in investment to the country as established industries move to Uzbekistan. It has grown substantially in size and volume.

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The tenants of Makassar Industrial Estate belong to the following industries: seafood processing, cold storage, animal feed, and agricultural processing. One notable tenant is Indofood, one of Indonesia’s largest food processors. Another notable tenant is Plastindo, a large plastic packaging manufacturer.

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Special Economic Zones require high levels of capital that comes from the host country's government, private enterprise, international development institutions, and foreign governments.

When the concept was in its infancy the risk was typically taken on by governments who could place more confidence in the continuity of policy regarding the created zones.

As zones continued to develop and policy stabilized, the benefits became clearer to private entities, resulting in an increase in private zones since the year 2000.

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In 2018, 54 countries in Africa joined together to form the continent’s largest free trade area: the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, or AfCFTA. A trade agreement of this size is comparable to the founding of the European Union.

In 2013 Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed the intention of a cooperation project between China and Central Asian countries to strengthen trade routes along Europe, Africa and Asia, reminiscent of the ancient Silk Roads. Within such an initiative, which would later become known as the Belt and Road Initiative, a huge amount of infrastructure investment would be exploited by all countries in this area of interest.

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The park expects to attract 30 resident companies with a total investment of US$600 million, creating 12,000 jobs for local people.

The creation of the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park represents an opportunity not only for China's interests through the Belt and Road Initiative, but also for the development of local entrepreneurship, which is key to the sustainable development of the country.

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