In 2007, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Costa Rica’s free zones’ legal framework’s WTO compatibility on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), resulting in…
Evaluating Senegal's Legal Framework for Hosting SEZs
Evaluating the Legal Basis for a Russian SEZ program
Evaluating Tanzania's SEZ Legal Framework
Evaluating Bolivia's Free Zones Legal Framework
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
Studying the Financial Structuring of Industrial Parks in sub-Saharan Africa
In 2018, Locus Economica was contracted, alongside PwC UK, by DFID's UK Aid to study the different terms and conditions of the financial structuring of industrial park deals in Africa. Jean-Paul helped produce a regional study for Invest Africa, UK Aid's initiative to promote FDI in manufacturing sectors in sub-Saharan Africa.