Are There Certain Siss That Just Didn't Take Off?

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In africa, especially, the records of these ss have not been great when looked at through metrics like employment and export figures. One possibility is that most african countries didn't start creating special economic zones until much later. Low taxes means you're not getting the revenue from enterprises to finance your own development progrmms. So in the longer term, it's essential you move towards a higher level of tax and ir level of wages.

On the west coast of Ireland, on the banks of an estuary dividing county Limerick from county Clare, lies a small town called Shannon. But Shannon is not a quaint fishing village or farming community. Its industry is its airport. And Shannon Airport is big. It handles up to 1.7 million passengers and 20,000 flights a year, most of them from other countries. It looks like a cosmopolitan international airport, but it has a unique claim to fame: the world's first airport duty-free store.

Today, the store has what you would expect -- designer perfumes, jewelry and various fine foods, with a lot of local (in this case Irish) products in particular. But like the area around the airport, the shop started out small, with a local boy from the area who would go on to change the world of tax-free commerce in and beyond Shannon.

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