Investor Presentaiton

New Trends in MENA: Following the Trend MENA-OECD INVESTMENT PROGRAMME Good examples are on the rise in MENA, governments have changed the way they design EZs to incorporate global changes in the field and better meet their own socio-economic objectives: The emerging trend in EZ development approach in MENA is a movement away from the classical development of "free trade zone" and "export processing zones" towards "special economic zones" and "specialized zones" focusing on high value added. The stock of SEZs and SZs in MENA has increased from 2 and 8 respectively in 2005 to 10 SEZs and 37 SZs in 2009. 40 30 20 10 0 2005 2009 SEZS ■SZS OECD

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