tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post838813648194049026..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Misreading Special Economic Zones [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-42571204393047891022015-11-12T02:24:01.430+13:002015-11-12T02:24:01.430+13:00Interesting reading about special economic zone ....Interesting reading about <a href="http://www.pfez.lt/en.htm" rel="nofollow"> special economic zone </a>. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750279422651816966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-13381385887925208742015-10-19T21:15:01.105+13:002015-10-19T21:15:01.105+13:00On further reading, congrats again to NZ Initiativ...On further reading, congrats again to NZ Initiative. This is a practical & innovative way forward, and they've done their best to keep it very simple. It's something most NZers would support. Wish them all success.<br /><br />Sam Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035978404256500568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-12395340429961450322015-10-19T18:27:49.217+13:002015-10-19T18:27:49.217+13:00Special economic zones , sounds like a good idea... Special economic zones , sounds like a good idea where those that see opportunities will invest hoping to make a profit by producing a product or service , creating jobs etc. but they need to be free of bureaucracy with all of the rules regulations and red tape. L Yule, like many of those council bureaucrats see this as a way to set up fiefdom's which they can use as a cash cow. I don't believe economic activity is helped by the addition of gov't and councils except for making good common sense law so traders can do their business. The whole country is an economic Zone.Don Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27073429834953235972015-10-19T17:03:50.932+13:002015-10-19T17:03:50.932+13:00Congrats to the NZ Initiative for getting this far...Congrats to the NZ Initiative for getting this far. <br /><br />Would be great if councillors could come to see their role as outward facing 'protectors' of their zones, against central government fiddling, and understand that the zone is run by those in it. <br /><br />Sam Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035978404256500568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-32396721308600727402015-10-19T15:31:54.424+13:002015-10-19T15:31:54.424+13:00We propose a revenue-sharing mechanism so that cou...We propose a revenue-sharing mechanism so that councils presiding over very strong economic growth, and consequently strong increases in the revenues sent from their regions on to central government, get a portion of that revenue growth kicked back to local government. That then lets growing councils defray some of the costs of growth to those who do wind up experiencing costs through inconvenience, traffic, or whatever. And, because they can then make those side-payments, we get less opposition to growth in the first place. That's the hope. Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.com