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A recent study examining privatization results in four Sub-Saharan African countries yielded two broad conclusions …: First, privatization is not easy to do, and getting it right can be tough in low-income countries. Second, if privatization …
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This note is based on a World Bank Group database that uses transaction values as a proxy for measuring privatization … existing state owned enterprises or other government assets. An update of the World Bank Group's Privatization Database shows … that privatization in its various forms continued in a broad range of countries and sectors, particularly infrastructure …
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An update of the World Bank Group's Privatization Database shows that privatization in developing countries continued …
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After two decades of privatization, has government ownership and control of enterprises declined substantially? A … while privatization has helped reduce the state's role in some developing countries and regions, in most others the stock of …
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Drawing on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, this Note reviews developments in the water and sewerage sector of developing countries in 2004 and changes in private participation in the sector since 2001. Data for 2004 show that total investment in water...
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Drawing on the World Bank's private participation in infrastructure project database, this note reviews developments in the telecommunications sector in 2003. Data for the year show that investment in projects with private participation was back to 1996 levels. Two regions -the Middle East and...
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results of privatization. This Note examines the outcomes for investors, and consumers, and compares the performance of the …
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Investment flows to infrastructure projects with private participation in developing countries grew by 12 percent to US$64 billion in 2004. Telecommunications investments drove the growth, rising by 35 percent, while investment flows to other infrastructure sectors fell by 20 percent. Greenfield...
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In recent years the renegotiation and, even more, the cancellation of private infrastructure projects in developing countries have made the headlines in the world's financial press. For a variety of reasons the renegotiation of projects is not an unusual occurrence. But as this Note explains,...
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Drawing on the World Bank's private participation in infrastructure project database, this note reviews developments in 2001 and summarizes trends in 1990-2001. Data for 2001 show that total investment in projects with private participation was US$57 billion back to 1995 levels and 150 projects...
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