Cover -- Public Enterprise at the Crossroads -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Preface -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Survey of contributions -- Part 2 Surveys of practice and principles -- 2 Public enterprise in less developed countries: an empirical review -- 3 Some issues of principle: the case of British Telecom -- Part 3 Country experiences -- 4 State-owned enterprise reform in China -- 5 Four decades of public enterprise in Hungary -- 6 Liberalization and privatization of public enterprise in India -- 7 The public enterprise sector in Malaysia -- 8 Public enterprises in francophone Africa -- 9 Public enterprise in Argentina: the experience of the radical government 1983-9 -- 10 Privatization in Chile -- 11 The effectiveness of public enterprises in Greece -- Part 4 Specialist topics -- 12 Reflections on the role of the World Bank in public enterprises and privatization in Africa -- 13 Performance contracts and public enterprise performance -- 14 Public enterprise and planned development in Sudan -- 15 Management efficiency in the private and public sectors in India -- 16 Divestiture in a developing economy: Pakistan -- 17 Public enterprise holding companies and privatization: the case of IRI, Italy -- 18 Public enterprise, privatization, and cultural adaption -- Books published by Professor V.V.Ramanadham -- Notes on contributors -- Index.

In many parts of the world public enterprise is in crisis. Privatisation programmes are being widely touted as the solution to many of the problems of inefficiency and slow rates of growth associated with public enterprise. This book discusses the underlying causes of those problems, and critically examines some of the solutions that have been adopted. Its geographical coverage is wide and it cuts across the political spectrum. The experiences of countries in four continents are analysed in an attempt to shed light on current dilemmas. Recurrent patterns are found; problems are frequently seen to be political as much as economic, and bureaucracy and administrative confusion is often found to be at the heart of poor financial performance.Yet since political aims, economic environment, and administrative and managerial capabilities vary so widely, universal solutions remain more difficult to define than universal problems.

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