"Robert Haywood is a quiet genius. He knows his influence is more powerful when he operates that way. He relishes efficiency over accolades. At the risk of embarrassing my interviewee, I would argue no living human being is responsible for helping liA more people out of poverty than Bob Haywood. He’s spent most of his career as a master of launching the Special Economic Zone (SEZ). These special jurisdictions are designed to carve out better institutions in areas of the world dogged by poverty, corruption, and violence. Haywood’s Fingerprints are all over these engines of creation, more so than all the politicians who took credit for them. You see this man, with a background in physics, has held advisory roles for some of the world’s most effective decisionmakers. And at some point, he became more interested in the laws of peoples than the laws of gravity."
"This is the second installment of an extended interview with Robert Haywood, who, arguably, has done more to lift more people out of poverty than any other living person. That’s because, for decades, Haywood has quietly advised on the development of Opportunity Zones around the world. From special economic zones (SEZs) to mega-cities like Shenzen, Haywood has been an effective force for change. If you’re keen first to read Part One “The Invisible Hand Behind a Hundred City-States,” please feel free. Otherwise, you can jump right in to this and read the first part later."
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