WORLD EXPERIENCE IN CREATING AND FUNCTIONING OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
Nowadays, the global economy is experiencing a rapid growth in the number of territories with special preferential treatment for conducting business - special economic zones of various types. The types of zones and their specialization should be based on the existing competitive advantages and opportunities of the country. In this regard, the construction of a scale of special economic zone types depending on the level of industrialization and development of countries is of key importance. The purpose of the work is to review and compare programs for creating special economic zones for the main economic groups of countries, to determine the features and prospects of their development. Based on the analysis of the functioning of territories with special status in countries with developed, developing and transitive economies, the challenges that modern special economic zones will have to face are formulated.