@article{Midoun_Ismail_2018, title={Digital and Free Trade Zones Impact on Malaysia’s Economy and Its Prospects (2000–2018)}, volume={8}, url={https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/6479}, abstractNote={<p>Malaysia’s continue expanding its economy successfully and make great efforts as a leader in Southeast Asia. It has pursued a comparative equitable development path toward free trade zones (FTZ) and Digital trade zones (DFTZ) which will digitally gather users with government and business services to support cross-border trade as bring reforms to attract foreign funds and foreign direct investments. This paper aims show the intensive competition between countries on creating free zones as a form of integration. The second objective is to draw the attention of Malaysian authorities to invest heavily in free zones as modern form of economic diversification.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Export processing zones, diversification, economic integration, attractiveness.</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications: </strong>F20; F21; F23</p>}, number={4}, journal={International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues}, author={Midoun, Sissani and Ismail, Bengana}, year={2018}, month={Jul.}, pages={39–44} }