Tags → Privatization


Basic results analysis of privatization problems in the Republic of Uzbekistan
May 15, 2007 09:51

The purpose of this article is to analyze both the qualitative and quantitative dimensions of privatization, and identify the main problems faced by enterprises both during the course of privatization, as well as in the post-privatization period.

Privatization in Ukraine: interim results
May 15, 2007 09:53

This paper analyses the process of voucher privatization in Ukraine during 1992-1998: principles, practices and consequences.

Privatization in Azerbaijan.
May 15, 2007 09:53

This work considers wide spectrum of issues related to privatization of state ownership in Azerbaijan.

Privatization for any Price. Experience of Georgia during 1997-1998.
May 15, 2007 09:53

This publication is a qualitative and quantitative research on enterprises after their privatization.

Privatized industrial enterprises and industrial enterprises in the process of privatization in Kyrgyzstan.
May 15, 2007 09:53

This paper examines the process and results of privatization in 40 enterprises of the country, management systems in enterprises and measures for widely understood enterprise restructuring.

Privatizing industry in Kyrgyz Republic.
May 17, 2007 10:25

This paper is an analysis of economic functioning of privatized industrial enterprises.

Mass privatization models.
May 15, 2007 09:53

This paper deals with and compares basic privatization programmes, which in a range of terms varies among themselves and are on different stages of realization.

Privatization experience of some CEE and CIS countries. Lessons for Belarus
May 15, 2007 09:53

This paper was prepared within the Economic Policy Institutes Network program. It considers concrete privatization goals with the review of results and cases for four countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Privatization before and after the Orange Revolution
May 15, 2007 09:54

Current publication retrospectively presents the transformation process of privatization from reformatory process into the tool by means of which state property carried over to the business-groups close to the former government.

Privatization and Restructuring Enterprises in CIS
May 15, 2007 09:54

The publication compares the process of privatization and restructuring the real sector in CIS and in Central and Eastern Europe

Problems of Economic Consequences of Privatization
May 15, 2007 09:54

The presentation analyses the consequences of privatization in the Czech Republic and Russia.

Reform Redux: Measurement, Determinants and Reversals
May 15, 2007 09:54

This paper tries to construct objective measures of privatization, internal and external liberalization reform efforts, across countries over time, and investigate their determinants.

The Cost of Privatising Power in Kyrgyzstan
May 15, 2007 09:54

The article discusses the situation in Kyrgyzstan where legal obstacles to inviting foreign investors to complete an ambitious hydroelectric scheme have been overcome, but plenty of questions remain about the politics and economics of privatisation.

Ownership and corporate governance in Russian industry: a survey
May 16, 2007 14:41

This article reviews the results of the privatisation process and concentrates then on the current structure of ownership and control in the Russian industry and on corporate governance mechanisms in the enterprises. It reviews the legal foundations of corporate governance and gives a detailed view of the state and the institutions of law enforcement. Special attention is paid to the connection between corporate governance and restructuring of enterprises and improved performance.

Regulatory reform and market development in power sectors of transition economies: the case of Kazakhstan
May 16, 2007 14:41

Kazakhstan is at the forefront of power sector reform in the EBRD’s countries of operations. Starting in 1996, a regulator was set up, the industry was unbundled, some distribution and generation companies were privatised, and the large user market was liberalised. A number of reform challenges remain, however, in the areas of privatisation, regulation and competition. This paper proposes that the remaining distribution companies be privatised with a view to raising the level of cash collection.

Infrastructure and public utilities privatization in developing countries
November 26, 2007 16:40

The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so that public subsidies decline.

Is debt replacing equity in regulated privatized infrastructure in developing countries?
December 3, 2007 17:00

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the evolution of the financing structure of regulated privatized utilities and transport companies. To do so, the authors rely on a sample of 121 utilities distributed over 16 countries, and 23 transport infrastructure operators and 23 transport services operators distributed over 23 countries. They show that leverage rates vary significantly across sectors, with the highest rates observed in transport and the lowest in water.

An assessment of telecommunicatiAn assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countriesons reform in developing countries
December 3, 2007 17:29

The authors analyze the effect of policy reform in basic telecommunications on sectoral performance using a new panel data set for 86 developing countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean over the period 1985 to 1999. The authors address three questions: 1) What impact do specific policy changes-relating to ownership and competition-have on sectoral performance? 2) How is the impact of change in any one policy affected by the implementation of the other, and by the overall regulatory framework? 3) Does the sequence in which reforms are implemented affect performance?

Dividing the spoils - pensions, privatization, and reform in Russia's transition
January 2, 2008 15:58

The authors present a political economy model in which policy is the outcome of an interaction between three actors: government (G), managers and workers (W), and transfer recipients (P). The government's objective is to stay in power, for which it needs the support of either P or W.