This volume has 18 papers on the theoretical and practical aspects of privatization and deregulation in the sectors of public utilities, telecommunications and public transport, and on the implications of these policies for the capital market and industrial relations.

How can public enterprises be made more efficient? Where should the line between public and private production be drawn? What can countries do to minimize the losses sustained by public enterprises? What is the current perception of the role of the state in production in Southeast Asia, and...