Privatization and Control of State-Owned Enterprises

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Promising strategies for improving the performance of state-owned enterprises were tested by many countries during the 1980s. This book explores two of these strategies: privatization and performance contracting—the latter a method that gives governments better control over state-owned enterprises.
Reform programs in the developing world have yielded valuable lessons, and in this book leading experts from the World Bank, universities, and the private sector examine the outcomes of these experiments. The contents include conceptual discussions, as well as field studies from Bangladesh, Jamaica, Pakistan, Senegal, and Togo.
The volume provides practical and accessible information for policymakers and practitioners charged with improving the performance of state-owned enterprises. The authors shed light on the political and economic problems and prospects associated with the two strategies by examining such questions as:
• When is performance contracting appropriate and when... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Promising strategies for improving the performance of state-owned enterprises were tested by many countries during the 1980s. This book explores two of these strategies: privatization and performance contracting—the latter a method that gives governments better control over state-owned enterprises.
Reform programs in the developing world have yielded valuable lessons, and in this book leading experts from the World Bank, universities, and the private sector examine the outcomes of these experiments. The contents include conceptual discussions, as well as field studies from Bangladesh, Jamaica, Pakistan, Senegal, and Togo.
The volume provides practical and accessible information for policymakers and practitioners charged with improving the performance of state-owned enterprises. The authors shed light on the political and economic problems and prospects associated with the two strategies by examining such questions as:
• When is performance contracting appropriate and when should privatization be sought?
• What are the practical problems associated with each method?
• What have governments learned in applying these measures?
Privatization and Control of State-Owned Enterprises is a companion to another volume in the EDI Development Studies series. Public Enterprise Reform: the Lessons of Experience, by Mai^ Shirley and John Nellis.
The contributors to this volume are
Yair Aharoni Ivan Bergeron Leroy P. Jones Roger Leeds Klaus Lorch John Nellis
Ravi Ramamurti Mary Shirley Pankaj Tandon Raymond Vernon Ingo Vogelsang
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ISBN 0-8213-1863-2 Vissza