Digital and Free Trade Zones Impact on Malaysia's Economy and Its Prospects (2000 2018)

Sissani Midoun and Ismail Bengana ()
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Sissani Midoun: Faculty of Economic, University Ibn Khaldoun-Tiaret, Laboratory of Quantitative Applications in Economics and Finance (LASSEF), Algeria,

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2018, vol. 8, issue 4, 39-44

Abstract: 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. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F20 F21 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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