Does Privatization Deliver

Author : Ahmed Galal,Mary M. Shirley
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821325892

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Does Privatization Deliver? by Ahmed Galal,Mary M. Shirley Pdf

Examines whether Africa's disappointing economic performance reflects a failure to undertake structural adjustment reforms or a failure of those reforms to boost growth. Covers 29 African countries that underwent adjustment in the late 1980s. To reverse the economic decline that began in the 1970s, many Sub-Saharan countries initiated programs to pave the way for long-term development and prosperity by restructuring their economies. This report addresses just how much those countries undertaking reform actually changed their policies, the extent to which their policy reforms restored growth, and the future for adjustment. The report recognizes that adjustment can work in Africa but that it cannot work miracles in reducing poverty or ensuring sustained, equitable growth. African adjustment programs must go hand in hand with long-term development efforts to invest more in human capital and infrastructure, expand institutional capacity, and provide better governance.

Author : Ahmed Galal,Banco Mundial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Privatizacion - Congresos
ISBN : OCLC:777793675

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Does privatization deliver? : highlights from a World Bank conference by Ahmed Galal,Banco Mundial Pdf

Author : Ravi Ramamurti,Raymond Vernon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821318632

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Privatization and Control of State-owned Enterprises by Ravi Ramamurti,Raymond Vernon Pdf

Author : Sergio G. Lazzarini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781316519714

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The Right Privatization by Sergio G. Lazzarini Pdf

Privatization requires the presence of capable governments setting clear goals, addressing potential hazards of private engagement, and exploring multiple paths of improvement.

Author : Jacqueline S. Ismael,Yves Vaillancourt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1060901818

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Privatization and Provincial Social Services in Canada by Jacqueline S. Ismael,Yves Vaillancourt Pdf

Author : Elliott Sclar
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801487625

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You Don't Always Get what You Pay for by Elliott Sclar Pdf

In an assessment of the pros and cons of public sector privatization, Sclar (urban planning, Columbia U.), who is affiliated with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, warns that outsourcing services may not result in leaner US government. He examines alternatives and offers tips for public sector reform. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Chiara Cordelli
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9780691205755

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The Privatized State by Chiara Cordelli Pdf

Why government outsourcing of public powers is making us less free Many governmental functions today—from the management of prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation—are outsourced to private entities. Education and health care are funded in part through private philanthropy rather than taxation. Can a privatized government rule legitimately? The Privatized State argues that it cannot. In this boldly provocative book, Chiara Cordelli argues that privatization constitutes a regression to a precivil condition—what philosophers centuries ago called "a state of nature." Developing a compelling case for the democratic state and its administrative apparatus, she shows how privatization reproduces the very same defects that Enlightenment thinkers attributed to the precivil condition, and which only properly constituted political institutions can overcome—defects such as provisional justice, undue dependence, and unfreedom. Cordelli advocates for constitutional limits on privatization and a more democratic system of public administration, and lays out the central responsibilities of private actors in contexts where governance is already extensively privatized. Charting a way forward, she presents a new conceptual account of political representation and novel philosophical theories of democratic authority and legitimate lawmaking. The Privatized State shows how privatization undermines the very reason political institutions exist in the first place, and advocates for a new way of administering public affairs that is more democratic and just.

Author : Steve H. Hanke
Publisher : ICS Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106008087048

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Privatization and Development by Steve H. Hanke Pdf

Chiefly papers originally presented at a conference held in Washington, D.C., February 1986, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Sequoia Institute.

Author : Sunita Kikeri,John R. Nellis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Privatizacion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Privatization in Competitive Sectors by Sunita Kikeri,John R. Nellis Pdf

Author : Graeme Hodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429977657

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Privatization by Graeme Hodge Pdf

Contracting out public sector services and divesting public enterprises are reforms that have enjoyed widespread global popularity in recent years. Better services, lower prices and greater accountability are the promises made by politicians, senior executives, and investment companies when functions are moved from the public sector to private enterprise. But in Privatization, Graeme A. Hodge challenges these assumptions. Through an examination of hundreds of international studies on the performance of privatization activities, Hodge demonstrates that privatizing public services is often not the guaranteed panacea portrayed by its political supporters. Importantly, privatization activities can lead to modest gains, but there are also winners and losers in this reform. It therefore deserves far more care and balanced debate than it usually attracts.

Author : Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000650600

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The Privatization of Care by Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong Pdf

Nursing homes are where some of the most vulnerable live and work. In too many homes, the conditions of work make it difficult to make care as good as it can be. For the last eight years an international team from Germany, Sweden, Norway, the UK, the US and Canada have been searching for promising practices that treat residents, families and staff with dignity and respect in ways that can also bring joy. While we did find ideas worth sharing, we also saw a disturbing trend toward privatization. Privatization is the process of moving away not only from public delivery and public payment for health services but also from a commitment to shared responsibility, democratic decision-making, and the idea that the public sector operates according to a logic of service to all. This book documents moves toward privatization in the six countries and their consequences for families, staff, residents, and, eventually, us all. None of the countries has escaped pressure from powerful forces in and outside government pushing for privatization in all its forms. However, the wide variations in the extent and nature of privatization indicate privatization is not inevitable and our research shows there are alternatives.

Author : K. Bayliss,B. Fine
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230286412

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Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by K. Bayliss,B. Fine Pdf

it is increasingly apparent that the privatization experiment in sub-Saharan Africa has failed. This book shows that the state is set to dominate service delivery for the foreseeable future in much of the region, and that the public sector must be considered as a viable policy option for the delivery of water and electricity.

Author : Federico Basañes,Evamaría Uribe,Robert D. Willig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Concessions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021942169

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Can Privatization Deliver? by Federico Basañes,Evamaría Uribe,Robert D. Willig Pdf

While privatization of water, electricity, transportation and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in Latin America, its success often depends on whether countries implement the reforms essential to attract private investment.

Author : Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556035569946

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Reforming Infrastructure by Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides Pdf

Electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railways, and water supply, are often vertically and horizontally integrated state monopolies. This results in weak services, especially in developing and transition economies, and for poor people. Common problems include low productivity, high costs, bad quality, insufficient revenue, and investment shortfalls. Many countries over the past two decades have restructured, privatized and regulated their infrastructure. This report identifies the challenges involved in this massive policy redirection. It also assesses the outcomes of these changes, as well as their distributional consequences for poor households and other disadvantaged groups. It recommends directions for future reforms and research to improve infrastructure performance, identifying pricing policies that strike a balance between economic efficiency and social equity, suggesting rules governing access to bottleneck infrastructure facilities, and proposing ways to increase poor people's access to these crucial services.

Author : Gérard Roland
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231141604

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Privatization by Gérard Roland Pdf

The privatization of large state-owned enterprises is one of the most radical policy developments of the last quarter century. Right-wing governments have privatized in an effort to decrease the size of government, while left-wing governments have privatized either to compensate for the failures of state-owned firms or to generate revenues. In this way, privatization has spread from Europe to Latin America, from Asia to Africa, reaching its zenith with Central and Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to capitalism. In many countries state ownership has been an important tool in bringing cheap water, energy, and transport to poorer segments of the population. In other instances, it has sponsored aggressive cutbacks, corruption, and cronyism. Privatization: Successes and Failures evaluates the practices and results of privatization in Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Featuring the world's leading economists and experts on privatization, this volume offers a broad and balanced analysis of specific privatization projects and uncovers some surprising trends. Partial privatization, for example, tends to be more widespread than one might think, and the effects of privatization on efficiency are generally mixed but rarely negative. Also, while privatization appears uncontroversial in competitive sectors, it becomes increasingly complex in more monopolistic sectors where good regulation is crucial. Privatization concludes with alternative frameworks for countries in Africa and other regions that seek to develop privatization policy and programs.