This paper provides an overview of national practices for improving the accountability and performance of SOEs by examining relevant legislation, policies, and practices in Asian and other economies. It assesses these against internationally agreed good practices exemplified by the OECD...

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a key role in the economy of many countries. They are usually thought to be in charge of increasing social welfare. At the same time, their relatively low performance poses several problems, including slowing down economic growth. This effect is especially...

The state is a major owner of industrial and commercial enterprises in Uzbekistan. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) dominate and have significant influence on the performance of most sectors in the economy, including natural resources, energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, transport, and...

India is one of the most significant countries of Asia, particularly in terms of its population and growing economy and markets. India has rapidly moved from a 'command and control' economy to free-market principles, and in this regard, one of the major reforms revamped the competition law. The...

This study analyzes the impact of government support on the financial performance of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs). I employ the ordinary least square (OLS) method with firm and year fixed effects in addition to clustered standard errors. The findings show that government support...

One of the major issues for SME development has been access to finance. This paper examines the current state of SME development and financing in Kazakhstan. It also examines the current state of the development of value chains and discusses barriers for agriculture value chain financing. The...

Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and financial resources directly to regencies and...

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between ownership identity and the performance of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using cross-sectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by employing various empirical methods, we find robust...

Based on the need for balance between autonomy and accountability in the management model of public institutions, an active discussion is needed for improvement of the evaluation system. A comprehensive control structure for better performance needs a smart evaluation system. However, from the...

The economic reforms in India are notable because of the development of private enterprises that are free from functionary management. In this country, the public sector needs renovation, since it makes a crucial contribution to national investment and growth. This article therefore, aims to...