Staff Reporter
A three daylong conference on special economic zone (SEZ) development styled ‘Deep Dive’ to stimulate discussions on best practices and actionable strategies begins yesterday at the Hotel Radisson.
The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Investment Climate Department organised the programme.
The objective of the Deep Dive is to serve as a networking and learning platform for people in the practice area and enhance the inter-linkages across the globe.
World Bank Product Leader on SEZ Gokhan Akinci and the Head of the IFC Office in Dhaka James Crittle were present in the conference.
World Bank participants from 12 different countries include government participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Nepal.
The Deep Dive session will allow staff and clients involved in developing zones to discuss the SEZ development process, the economic challenges and policy problems they face and the related policy, legal, regulatory, and institutional issues they need to address.
“Economic Zones boost economic growth and social development,” James Crittle, Head of the IFC Office in Dhaka said.
“However knowledge concerning Zones is still developing and WBG is taking an active role in doing its part.” Crittle also added that the role of the media is critical – to ensure that accountability and transparency on part of all stakeholders, government and private sector alike, in the development and implementation of Economic Zones in the country.
Courtesy of http://nation.ittefaq.com
