Bureaucrats in business : the economics and politics of government ownership /

Contributor(s): World Bank Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: A World Bank policy research reportPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1995. Description: xix, 346 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 0195211065; 9780195211061Subject(s): Government ownership -- Developing countries | Government business enterprises -- Developing countries | Industrial efficiency -- Developing countries | Socialism -- Developing countries | Developing countries -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 338.62091724 LOC classification: HD4420.8 | .B87 1995Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | WorldCat details | Ebook Fulltext

Contents:

TOC 1. Bureaucrats Are Still in Business -- 2. Success and Failure in SOE Reform -- 3. Contracting: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why -- 4. The Politics of SOE Reform -- 5. How to Spur Reforms and Improve Outcomes.

Summary: Despite privatization, state-owned enterprises still account for a large share of developing countries' economies. This report shows how divestiture and other reforms can improve the economy, why politics often impede reform, and how countries that reformed successfully overcame these obstacles.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	EWU Library E-book	Non-fiction	338.62091724 BUR 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.

TOC 1. Bureaucrats Are Still in Business --
2. Success and Failure in SOE Reform --
3. Contracting: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why --
4. The Politics of SOE Reform --
5. How to Spur Reforms and Improve Outcomes.

Despite privatization, state-owned enterprises still account for a large share of developing countries' economies. This report shows how divestiture and other reforms can improve the economy, why politics often impede reform, and how countries that reformed successfully overcame these obstacles.

Economics

Sagar Shahanawaz

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