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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Special Economic Zones (SEZ) – an umbrella term which includes Free Trade Zones, Export Processing Zones, Freeports, and others – are becoming common across the globe. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as of 2019, 147 countries had established some kind of SEZ, with the total number of SEZs worldwide nearing 5,400. Among the many advantages...
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It’s a rare gift to go back to where things began, whether it’s visiting your childhood home, or getting back in touch with an old friend. I experienced this rare gift last summer during a return visit to Sierra Leone. This trip provided the opportunity to work on a CRDF Global project that embodies a passion of mine: engaging local communities to prevent the spread of infectious...
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Fadime Özge Özkan is a Nuclear Engineer and Research Assistant under the Nuclear Research Division of the Energy Institute at Istanbul Technical University. She is also a Ph.D. student in the Energy Science and Technology Division of the Energy Institute. She is currently working on research remotely at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. What attracted you to apply for the Robin...
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