One of the overarching goals of many African countries since the past two decades has been the rapid move towards integration with the global economy. This is evident through far-reaching macroeconomic and political reforms now taking place in these countries. However, despite the aggressive...

One of the overarching goals of many African countries since the past two decades has been the rapid move towards integration with the global economy. This is evident through far‐reaching macroeconomic and political reforms now taking place in these countries. However, despite the aggressive...

Argues that conceptually, privatization entails changing organizational status from public to private and from a monopoly to a competitive situation. In practice, the outcome may be different. Many privatized utilities conform to neither the traditional notion of the public nor the private...