This paper shows empirically that "privatization" in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the … privatization and the introduction of independent regulators have, at best, only partial effects on the consequences of corruption …

This paper takes stock of recent privatization trends, examines the extent to which government ownership is still … 2003, 120 developing countries carried out nearly 8,000 privatization transactions and raised $410 billion in privatization … revenues. Privatization activity peaked in 1997 and dropped off in the late 1990s and, while still at overall low levels, is …