Digital and Free Trade Zones Impact on Malaysia's Economy and Its Prospects (2000–2018)
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Malaysia's continue expanding its economy successfully and make great efforts as a leader in Southeast Asia. It has pursued a comparative equitable development path toward free trade zones (FTZ) and Digital trade zones (DFTZ) which will digitally gather users with government and business services to support cross-border trade as bring reforms to attract foreign funds and foreign direct investments. This paper aims show the intensive competition between countries on creating free zones as a form of integration. The second objective is to draw the attention of Malaysian authorities to invest heavily in free zones as modern form of economic diversification.Keywords: Export processing zones, diversification, economic integration, attractiveness.JEL Classifications: F20; F21; F23Downloads
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2018-07-04
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Midoun, S., & Ismail, B. (2018). Digital and Free Trade Zones Impact on Malaysia’s Economy and Its Prospects (2000–2018). International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 8(4), 39–44. Retrieved from https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/6479
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