4. Summary and suggested points for discussion

Evaluation

1.  Have EPZs achieved their objectives in terms of both the quantity and quality of investment and employment?
2. What contributions have EPZs made to broader social and economic development?

Priorities and guidelines

1. What can government agencies do to attract more and better investment to EPZs?
2. How can governments and the social partners ensure that adequate labour standards are applicable and applied in practice in EPZs?
3. What can governments and the social partners do to promote sound labour management relations in EPZs?
4. What can governments, zone investors and workers' organizations do to improve:
   1. the skills;
   2. the wages;
   3. and the working conditions of zone workers?
5. How can governments and the social partners promote more effective human resource utilization?
6. How can the retraining and re-employment of ex-zone workers be facilitated?
7. How can governments and the social partners improve the social infrastructure to provide a better quality of life to zone workers?
8. What special measures need to be taken so that the special situation of women workers is addressed?