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Critical Issues in Cross-National Public Administration: Privatization, Democratization, Decentralization
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by Stuart S. Nagel.
260 pgs.
Leading the problems most critical to government decision makers worldwide are those that derive from privatization, democratization, and decentralization. Dr. Nagel and a panel of academics and practitioners help clarify the ways in which problems traceable to these trends are being handled -- and...
Leading the problems most critical to government decision makers worldwide are those that derive from privatization, democratization, and decentralization. Dr. Nagel and a panel of academics and practitioners help clarify the ways in which problems traceable to these trends are being handled -- and how they might be handled better -- in light of the goals, experiences, constraints, and other factors affecting participants in world governance. Among the many important features of the book is its interdisciplinary approach and the way it offers African, Asian, Latin American, European, and North American viewpoints. It also combines the perspectives of liberal and conservative ideologies. Cross-national with concrete examples and broad concepts and principles carefully detailed, the book is an important source of background and insight.
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Globalization, Privatization and Free Market Economy
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by C. P. Rao.
286 pgs.
The three dominant forces shaping societies and economies around the world are globalization, privatization, and liberalization. Because these processes are interrelated, they must be addressed collectively. The contributors to the volume show that globalization, privatization, and liberalization...
The three dominant forces shaping societies and economies around the world are globalization, privatization, and liberalization. Because these processes are interrelated, they must be addressed collectively. The contributors to the volume show that globalization, privatization, and liberalization are multidimensional phenomena that impact not only the economic considerations of governments, but also the sociocultural and environmental aspects of societies. The three phenomena also affect these units of analysis-- which Rao and his colleagues identify as regional, country, industrial, and organizational. The result is a cogent discussion of these powerful global forces, for the academic community, professionals in economic development, banking, finance, international investment, and global commerce.
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Doing Business in Newly Privatized Markets: Global Opportunities and Challenges
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by Russell R. Miller.
334 pgs.
International marketing consultant Russell Miller takes a close, pragmatic look at the movement to privatization that is sweeping the important markets of Western and Central Europe, Latin America, and Asia, and lays out the business opportunities and challenges that U.S. corporations and others...
International marketing consultant Russell Miller takes a close, pragmatic look at the movement to privatization that is sweeping the important markets of Western and Central Europe, Latin America, and Asia, and lays out the business opportunities and challenges that U.S. corporations and others worldwide will find there. He identifies the market dynamics created by newly privatized companies, the problems of reaching them, and the approach strategies that U.S. and other companies would find most productive. An important insight into how corporations here and abroad can gain access to these rich new markets, the book will be essential reading for top management and specialists in marketing, strategic planning, and international business development.
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Privatization and Economic Performance
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by Matthew Bishop, John Kay, Colin Mayer.
378 pgs.
This collection looks at one of the most enduring legacies of the 1980s in Britain--the program of privitizations that the Thatcher government set moving in the first half of the decade, in which whole sectors of the UK economy which were formerly part of the public sector were sold off to the...
This collection looks at one of the most enduring legacies of the 1980s in Britain--the program of privitizations that the Thatcher government set moving in the first half of the decade, in which whole sectors of the UK economy which were formerly part of the public sector were sold off to the private sector. These programs have influenced economic policy throughout the world, most recently in Eastern Europe. The contributors here examine and evaluate what has been learned from the programs now completed, and what remains to be done.
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Does Privatization Deliver? Highlights from a World Bank Conference
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by Ahmed Galal, Mary Shirley.
127 pgs.
Examines 12 cases where privatization produced significant economic gains. Twelve case studies from Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United Kingdom show that privatization can provide substantial economic gains, given the right policies. It is shown that a given developing country can increase its...
Examines 12 cases where privatization produced significant economic gains. Twelve case studies from Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United Kingdom show that privatization can provide substantial economic gains, given the right policies. It is shown that a given developing country can increase its GDP by an average of 2.5 percent with the divestiture of half its public enterprises. Several enterprises were studied, including airlines, telecommunications firms, electric companies, a lottery, a transport company, and a container terminal. Each study looks at how privatization encouraged sound investment, responsible government, and market-friendly practices. Also examined are the equitable policies used to regulate monopolies, introduce competition, and sell public enterprises. Conference participants point out how these privatization methods could help many other countries achieve similar gains.
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Privatization in the Developing World
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by L. Gray Cowan.
152 pgs.
Grave financial woes swamping developing world nations have spurred government interest in divestment as a means of reducing the state's role in economic activity. Cowan's how-to book details privatization methods for industry, agriculture, and the service sector. Included are in-depth discussions...
Grave financial woes swamping developing world nations have spurred government interest in divestment as a means of reducing the state's role in economic activity. Cowan's how-to book details privatization methods for industry, agriculture, and the service sector. Included are in-depth discussions on preparing firms for disposition; making realistic, market-based valuations; developing alternative sale arrangements; and creating sophisticated financing packages. This handbook will enable officials of developing world states to initiate privatization strategies and develop their own plans with the help of local civil servants.
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Privatization South American Style
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by Luigi Manzetti.
373 pgs.
Privatization South American Style focuses on the politics of privatization in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. It examines both the micro and macroeconomics of achieving privatization, the policy measures introduced, and factors affecting the implementation of privatization. The political dimensions of...
Privatization South American Style focuses on the politics of privatization in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. It examines both the micro and macroeconomics of achieving privatization, the policy measures introduced, and factors affecting the implementation of privatization. The political dimensions of privatization are analysed in order to explain the variations in national success in formulation and implementing privatization programmes. The author argues that evidence suggests that national governments as planned, and that rarely implement most divestiture policies from a technical standpoint, privatization is a learning process that evolves through trial and error. It also examines the apparently 'unconventional' methods used by the governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru to achieve privatization Comparative in its approach, the book seeks also to shed light on the nature of privatization in countries throughout the developing world. The book more generally argues that poorly designed privatization policies may have future serious implications on issues such as the rule of law, and the regulation of public utilities.
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Privatization and Capital Market Development: Strategies to Promote Economic Growth
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by Michael P. McLindon.
176 pgs.
Privatization and capital markets support and reinforce each other to promote economic growth around the world. This work is intended to fill a gap in the literature by discussing the links between privatization and capital markets, and to provide useful insights for policy makers in developing...
Privatization and capital markets support and reinforce each other to promote economic growth around the world. This work is intended to fill a gap in the literature by discussing the links between privatization and capital markets, and to provide useful insights for policy makers in developing countries and in the international donor agencies, for academics and practitioners dealing with economic development, and for the internationally minded private sector around the world. Privatization, in its various forms, and the development of capital markets will be a primary catalyst for economic growth and development well into the next century.
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Modern Capitalism: Privatization, Employee Ownership, and Industrial Democracy
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by Nicholas V. Gianaris.
210 pgs.
The privatization revolution, profit or revenue sharing, and employee participation in enterprise decision making are some of the major characteristics of modern capitalism. Such features can be observed in almost all countries, including Western developed, Third World, and primarily ex-socialist...
The privatization revolution, profit or revenue sharing, and employee participation in enterprise decision making are some of the major characteristics of modern capitalism. Such features can be observed in almost all countries, including Western developed, Third World, and primarily ex-socialist countries. The diffusion of stock ownership, the promotion of economic and industrial democracy, and the globalization of production and finance present new challenges and opportunities and reflect important structural economic and political changes. This book examines all these issues and provides valuable information and suggestions for labor-management relations and international business cooperation.
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The Development and Finance of Global Private Power
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by M. A. Hines.
256 pgs.
Dr. Hines draws on her own extensive worldwide research and her consultations with major multinational corporations to provide a comprehensive, detailed study of the rationale underlying the emergence of global private power, ways to find opportunities for further development within the global...
Dr. Hines draws on her own extensive worldwide research and her consultations with major multinational corporations to provide a comprehensive, detailed study of the rationale underlying the emergence of global private power, ways to find opportunities for further development within the global private power business, and alternative methods and techniques for its development and finance. Her book shows that, with assistance from bilateral and multilateral government agencies such as the International Finance Corporation and the various national export-import banks, project debt ratios resonably low. Equity is usually contributed to the project by all the major participants. Global competition for viable power projects is tending to reduce costs and increase plant efficiencies. This work is a major contribution to our understanding of what global power privatization is, where it is being implemented and how it is done, and the various considerations that energy executives and public policymakers worldwide should keep in mind when they seek financing for their private power projects.
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