Caribbean & Central America - November 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)

The government is examining a legal and operating framework for the creation of so-called ‘special development zones’ (zonas especiales de desarollo), or industrial and service export-oriented enclaves funded with foreign capital (and technology). In layman’s terms, that doesn’t sound far off the US-facing maquila (basic assembly) sector common to many Caribbean and Central American countries.

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