This paper analyzes some of the limitations of the privatization of public enterprises in Bangladesh focusing on the debt-default status and the tax registration profile of privatized firms. Detailed analyses of the debt-default status and the tax registration profile of privatized firms are...

The performance of the public enterprise sector in Bangladesh is poor. The inefficiency of public enterprises places a fiscal burden, diverts limited resources from growth-enhancing public spending to unproductive subsidies, and affects the country's industrial competitiveness. This paper...