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State-owned enterprises play an important role in economic growth and the delivery of critical public services such as health, education, water, and energy. The underperformance of state-owned enterprises can lead to significant challenges in overall national growth and competitiveness and pose...
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The challenge of power sector reform in the Arab Republic of Egypt has long been dominated by extremely high subsidies … pressure in 2014 when energy subsidies reached 6.8 percent of gross domestic product. Since then, the reform process has been …
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ahead of other elements may limit the market effectiveness and even make subsequent reform steps more difficult …
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Two successive waves of reform have fundamentally altered the structure and organization of Kenya's vibrant power …-beginning in 2002 and led by domestic reform champions-the thrust of first-wave reforms was continued, with the strengthening of … independent regulation, partial privatization of the generation company (KenGen), and establishment of complementary entities …
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benefits of reform from materializing until much later. The failed first attempt with the Bujagali Hydropower independent power … substantial improvements in operational efficiency and accelerating service coverage. Although the reform model was eventually …
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Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power …, followed in 1997, paving the way for the eventual privatization of one major distribution utility, Karachi Electric, in 2005 …
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A void in the literature on the business environment is how it evolves over time. Focusing on China during its crucial … better educated, with more diverse sectoral experience. Market competition increased over time, especially after China …
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"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of …
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