Contents: Preface. 1. Special economic zone in Orissa : a land grab creating modern zamindars/Kishore C. Samal. 2. Special economic zones (SEZs) : a review of its socio-legal aspects/S.N. Tripathy. 3. Philosophy and prospects of special economic zones in India/Sudhakar Patra. 4. Implications and impact of special economic zones (SEZs) : a welfare approach/Surendra Nath Behera. 5. Investment and employment in special economic zones of India/R.P. Sarma and Chinmayee Panigrahi. 6. Political economy of special economic zones : revisiting the policy debate/Raghabananda Mohapatra. 7. SEZs in Argentina, Brazil and China : an alarming bell for India/Rajan Kumar Sahoo. 8. Special economic zone (SEZ) : a critique/Padma Charan Dhal. 9. Special economic zone (SEZ) : a prospect for economic development/Sheshadev Mohapatra. 10. Special economic zones and the problem of land acquisition : a study of Orissa/Aparajita Biswal and Ratna Binodini Amiya Priyadarshini Das. 11. Economics of special economic zones in India/Kabita Kumari Sahu. 12. An analysis on the special economic zone in Sambalpur/Narendra K. Behera. 13. Special economic zones : its impact on employment and labour rights/Bhramarbar Beura. 14. SEZs and human resource development/Ashis Kumar Das and Gouranga Panda. 15. Growth performance and perspective of special economic zones/Santanu Kumar Nayak. 16. Special economic zones : dividend or disaster for human development/Annada Prasad Palai. 17. SEZ in India : a solution or yet another problem/Minati Sahoo and Nilima Das. 18. SEZ, displacement and plight of people/Anita Samal. 19. Impact of special economic zones (SEZs) on human capital/G. Dash and S.C. Pradhan. 20. Special economic zone : boon or bane?/Sarat Kumar Nayak. 21. Special economic zones in India/Surendra Swain. 22. Special economic zones (SEZs) : emerging issues and policy perspectives/Ranjita Kumari Mohanty. 23. Efficacy of special economic zones (SEZs) and it's prospect in Odisha/Abhaya Kumar Dash. 24. Role of SEZ in industrialization process of India/Kumar Das. 25. Impact of special economic zones on human development : a psycho-social perception/Bhagyalaxmi Mohanty and Ajoy Kumar Das.

The SEZ scheme introduced by the government of India in April 2000 has its genesis in the export processing zone (EPZ) which was introduced way back in 1965 when the first zone was set-up in Kandla. All the EPZs were converted into SEZs.

SEZs generate employment for skilled, unskilled labour and for women workers employment creation generates incomes and also improves the quality of life of labour and enhances their productivity. SEZs also provide foreign exchange earnings and accelerate investment activities. SEZs offer a highly conductive investment climate to attract FDI by making up for infrastructural deficiencies and procedural complexities that characterize developing countries. (jacket)