Creation of Special Economic Zones in DRC: Critical Look and Perspectives

The Government resolved to create Special Economic Areas through a law carrying régime of the Special Economic Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim pursued by the State is to create favorable conditions to the investment in order to attract the new capital on behalf of the national investors as well as foreign. Indeed, the creation of the Special Economic Areas, for me is an appropriate solution for the Government insofar as it makes it possible to create not only wealth and employment, but also to improve the living conditions of the populations. However, in this item, we would like to draw the attentions of the authorities in their showing that the installation of a legislation regulating the Special Economic Areas does not suffice for it to only attract the investors, there are other factors which, by the fact that they constitute constraints, seriously condition the attraction of the national investors as well as foreign. These constraints are at the same time of an economic and politico-institutional nature. Thus we suggest that the Government finds solutions with these constraints which are in fact, the bottlenecks which could cause the reserve on behalf of the potential investors.