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Productivity and Efficiency of some Privatized Public Enterprises in Nigeria

Uzochukwu, Amakom - EconWPA - 2005

In Nigeria gone are the days when public enterprises were the beacons of the economy due to the perennial low productivity, which is now a tag on them with its resultant ramshackle efficiency. In order to boost the economy a new wind is blowing amongst the developing countries of the world and...

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CAN FISCAL POLICY EXPLAIN TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY OF PRIVATISED FIRMS? A PARAMETRIC AND NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH

Alfano, Maria Rosaria; D'Orio, Giovanni - EconWPA - 2005

The massive interests of economic literature about the privatisation gave a notable impulse to the discussion about this theme in the pre and post privatisation firms performance. Basically in every case after privatisation the level of profit increases. Does this mean that privatisation is...

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Privatization of Welfare Services: A Review of the Literature

Winston, Pamela; Burwick, Andrew; McConnell, Sheena; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

The use of private organizations to perform social service functions has increased greatly in the past few years, although little is known about the privatization of welfare services. This report reviews the literature to set the stage for a study looking at the experiences of six agencies that...

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Privatization of Welfare Services: A Review of the Literature.

Winston, Pamela; Burwick, rew; McConnell, Sheena; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

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Privatization in Practice: Case Studies of Contracting for TANF Case Management.

McConnell, Sheena; Burwick, rew; Perez-Johnson, Irma; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003

Privatizing welfare services poses significant challenges to state and local agencies. This study of TANF case management privatization in six states looks at issues such as deciding the size and scope of contracts, selecting contractors, promoting competition, ensuring effective and fair...

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Privatization and labor policies

Chong, Alberto; Guillen, Jorge; López-de-Silanes, Florencio - In: Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) 9, pp. 1119-1130

Using new data we analyze retrenchment programs before privatization, their effect on prices paid and re … labor retrenchment policies have a negative impact on net privatization prices, even after taking sample selection bias and …-biased retrenchment programs are the only ones marginally associated with higher privatization prices and minimal re-hiring rates after …

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Political and institutional environment and privatization prices

Chong, Alberto; Guillen, Jorge; Riano, Alejandro - In: Public Choice 142 (2010) 1, pp. 91-110

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Philippines; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities of the Executive Director for the Philippines

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

Economic stability of the Philippines was discussed in this report. Private investment remained low by regional standards, but there are tentative signs of a revival. These developments and favorable global conditions led to a surge in foreign exchange inflows and the external value of the peso....

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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Extension of Repurchase Expectations: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussions; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This paper discusses key findings of the First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement for Macedonia. Macroeconomic performance of Macedonia remains strong. Through end-December 2005, the authorities met all of the programâ€™s quantitative performance criteria. Growth has remained steady at...

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Private property rights, government interventionism and welfare economics

Jankovic, Ivan; Block, Walter - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 19 (2019) 4, pp. 365-397

private property rights and relative prices based on supply and demand are necessary for successful economic coordination …

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