For countries as diverse as china and mauritius special economic zones sezs have been a powerful tool to attract foreign investment promote export oriented growth and generate employment for many others the results have been less than encouraging while the benefits and limitations of zones will no doubt continue to be debated what is clear is that policymakers are increasingly attracted to them as an instrument of trade investment industrial and spatial policy since the mid . Special economic zones sezs in southern african development community sadc risk governance and control financial markets and institutions vol6 no4 26 september 2016 political economy. Special economic zones development geography and linkages in the indian eou scheme andrew cheesman andrewcheesmangmailcom july 2012 issn 1474 3280 dpu working paper no 145 1 introduction 11 international context 12 the sez as a developmental tool 13 study objectives 14 the significance of this study 2 sezs history performance and structure 21 international context 22 . Special economic zones dzu z 2007 r nr 42 poz 273 and the ordinance of the council of ministers on establishing a sse in a specified region a special economic zone sez is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country sezs are located within a countrys national borders and their aims include increased. For those interested in further reading on sezs in developing countries we recommend the following resources to get started farole t and g akinci eds special economic zones progress emerging challenges and future directions the world bank directions in development series