FIAS

Evaluating Benin's Free Zones Legal Framework

In 2004, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Benin’s legal framework for hosting free zones on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) and made a certain number of recommendations in this regard. Shortly thereafter, in 2005, the Benin Industrial Free Zone Management Company was created in and the Industrial Free Zone Law adopted.

Contributing to the Creation of a Framework for LNDC Industrial Estates

In 2004, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated the Kingdom’s industrial estates framework for the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), in connection with the launching of bids to develop its first such estate in Tikoe. Today…