The Effects of Industrial Park Development on Export Earning, Employment and FDI Attraction: Evidence from Ethiopia

This study examines the effects of industrial parks on export earnings, employment creation, and FDI attraction in Ethiopia. Furthermore, aims to identify constraints potential achieve sustained dynamic results expected from park development. Despite varying degrees successes failures, several countries have utilized other types special economic zones as a policy instrument for fostering transformation. Ethiopia is one African that adopted development tool enhance its growth However, effect initiative country not well researched. The analysis reveals contributed statistically significant with levels p= <.001. also showed top five binding effectiveness are low labor productivity, domestic raw material supply constraints, weak forward backward linkage, transport cost logistic institutions’ capacity constraints. On hand, availability trainable force, potential, preferential policies incentives, country, wage rise China emerging identified potentials opportunities benefits