| Description |
xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity / V. V. Ramanadham -- 2. The distributional impact of privatization in developing countries: who gets what and why / Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick --3. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity with special reference to East Germany / Dieter Bos -- 4. Privatization and distributional equity in Poland / Ryszard Rapacki -- 5. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in the Philippines / Leonar Magtolis Briones -- 6. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in Thailand / Kraiyudht Dhiratayakinant -- 7. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in Malaysia /Ismail Muhd Salleh -- 8. The impact of privatization on distributional equity: the case of Sri Lanka /Saman Kelegama -- 9. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in Bangladesh / Muzaffer Ahmed --10. The distributional implications of privatization: the case of India's divestment programme / Sunil Mani |
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11. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in Nigeria / J. J. Bala -- 12. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity: the Chilean case, 1985-9 / Cristian Larroulet -- 13. The impacts of privatization on distributional equity in Guyana /Carl B. Greenidge -- 14. Concluding review / V. V. Ramanadham |
| Summary |
Privatization, as with any economic policy, creates gainers and losers. Increasingly, governments - particularly those in developing countries - are coming to realize that privatization can have a very severe economic impact and raise problems of equity. Yet remedial actions are often inadequate and unsystematic. In Privatization and Equity, the authors look at some of the problems brought about by the change to private ownership. The book provides an overall analysis of the issues concerning the impacts of privatization on equity. The authors first identify and examine the means through which privatization may have an unfair effect on some sectors, from new market structures to foreign ownership and operating policies. Second, they discuss the interrelationships between privatization and the national economic parameters, which, apart from the profits raised by privatized enterprises, imply many equity considerations. Third, they highlight the consequences for privatization of disregarding these effects, from reversal of policy to problems of credibility in public perception. These issues are explored across a broad range of developing countries by contributors who have a wide experience of privatization. They include policy makers, professionals and academics from both the developed and developing world |
| Analysis |
Developing countries Privatisation |
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Developing countries Privatisation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Finance -- Developing countries.
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Privatization -- Developing countries.
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| Author |
Ramanadham, V. V. (Venkata Vemuri), 1920-
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| LC no. |
94028093 |
| ISBN |
0415118980 |
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