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Dr. Alexander Quaicoe writes: Technical brief on Ghana Free Zones Programme; evidence from a PhD research

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For nearly thirty years, Ghana's Free Zones Programme has been one of the country’s most ambitious tools in trade and industrial policy. Established under the Free Zones Act (Act 504) in 1995 and launched in 1996, the programme aimed to shift Ghana from a closed, import-substitution economy to one that focuses on export-led growth.