The new, paperless system enables prospective local and foreign businesses to upload shareholder and board of directors’ information and pay the registration fees online, as opposed to the old system where representatives had to go to the ministry to complete registration procedures. In addition to being less time-consuming, the new process is also expected to limit opportunities for corruption. Special economic zones have a mixed record worldwide in promoting development but in the best cases they have been able to jumpstart industrialisation and provide lasting development benefits. The zone programme was intended to support investment attraction by streamlining administrative procedures and tapping the potential for private sector provision of infrastructure and services.