(Re)inventing development: China, infrastructure, sustainability and special economic zones in Nigeria

This article interrogates the introduction of special economic zones (SEZs) in Nigeria with an emphasis on the establishment of the Lekki free trade zone (FTZ) in May 2006 by the Lagos State government in partnership with a Chinese consortium, and of the Ogun-Guandong FTZ in Igbesa, Ogun State by th...

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Published in:Africa (London. 1928) 2019-11, Vol.89 (4), p.662-679
Main Author: Adunbi, Omolade
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afro-Chinese engagements
Chinese languages
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Community
Consortia
Cultural property
Culture
Economic development
Economics
Enterprise zones
Environmental sustainability
Foreign trade zones
Free trade
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International trade
Land
Land ownership
Manufacturing
Meaning
Minority & ethnic groups
Ownership
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Postcolonialism
Power
Production
Production management
Real estate
Revenue sharing
Self sufficiency
Socioeconomic factors
Sovereignty
State budgets
State government
State power
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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