UNIDO assessed the possibility of a free economic zone in Azerbaijan in 2007, with parallel World Bank Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) work on the legal front by Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier. Partially as a result of these efforts…

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…

In 2006, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Senegal’s legal framework for hosting SEZs on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), resulting in…

In 2005, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Russia’s legal framework for hosting SEZs on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), resulting in…

In 2005, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Tanzania’s legal framework for hosting SEZs on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), resulting in…

In 2004, Locus Economica Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier evaluated Bolivia’s free zones framework on behalf of the World Bank’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), concluding that…

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.

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…

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.