The workshop brought together stakeholders and experts playing diverse roles in the Export Processing Zones ecosystem in Ghana, to evaluate the economic, social, environmental, and technological performance of Ghana’s Export Promoting Zones under three important themes: sustainable Export Processing Zones policies, sustainable infrastructure, and sustainable regulatory support. He said we have focused on handing off-licenses to firms to operate in free zones to the neglect of the development of infrastructure in these enclaves. The study made some key findings during the period of investigation pertaining to measures and processes in developing sustainable export processing zones. Economic sustainability of Export Processing ZonesThe report found that Ghana’s Export Processing Zones program is not well connected to the country’s broader development agenda, and other industrial policies of the government. It also uncovered that there were no rigorous checks to religiously safeguard the interest of the state in the free zones scheme which has been embroiled in waves of abuse and revenue leakages that are left unattended to.

Source: GhanaWeb June 11, 2021 17:15 UTC