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This section contains a selection of documents produced by international organisations, or which provide an international overview of public services markets or debates.
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| Scrutinizing Public Expenditures: Assessing the Performance of Public Accounts Committees (PDF) |
| Stapenhurst, Rick; Sahgal, Vinod; Woodley, William; Pelizzo, Riccardo, 2005 |
| World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3613 |
| An analysis of the work of public accounts committees, drawing on data from 52 national and state/provincial parliaments in Commonwealth countries in Asia, Australasia, Canada and the UK. The report examines the committees' success, and identifies factors which contribute to that success. |
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| Avoiding Customer and Taxpayer Bailouts in Private Infrastructure Projects: Policy Toward Leverage, Risk Allocation, and Bankruptcy (PDF) |
| Ehrhardt, David; Irwin Timothy, 2004 |
| World Bank Policy Research Working Paper |
| A study that addresses the risks involved in public-private partnerships initiatives through the analysis of five case studies. The authors describe how governments and regulators can quantify the extent of the problems and, using option-pricing techniques, value the customer and taxpayer guarantees involved. Te report concludes that appropriate policy depends on the tax system, the feasibility of enforcing bankruptcy, and the benefits of risk transfer from taxpayer to the private sector. |
| WPS3274 |
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| Granting and Renegotiating Infrastructure Concessions: Doing It Right (PDF) |
| Guasch, J. Luis , 2004 |
| World Bank Institute Development Studies |
| A study that analyses the concession process in infrastructure projects in developing countries. Through the review of multiple policy experiences, the book provides guidance for avoiding many design and implementation issues that can affect the overall effectiveness of public-private ventures. |
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| The Political Economy of Privatization (PDF) |
| Bortolotti, Bernardo and Pinotti, Paolo, 2003 |
| Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) |
| A study of the relationship between privatisation and political institutions in industrialised countries between 1977-1999. |
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| Privatization in Competitive Sectors: The Record to Date (PDF) |
| Kikeri, Sunita; Nellis, John; , 2002 |
| The World Bank |
| An assessment of privatisation initiatives undertaken in competitive sectors. The paper also underlines some necessary conditions for successful privatisation such as: strong political commitment combined with wider public understanding; creation of competitive markets through removal of entry and exit barriers, financial sector reforms that create commercially oriented banking systems, effective regulatory frameworks that reinforce the benefits of private ownership; transparency in the privatization process; and measures to mitigate adverse social and environmental effects. |
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| How to Navigate the Politics of Privatization (PDF) |
| Johnson, Robin, 2002 |
| Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI). How-to Guide No. 20. |
| A guideline for managing the political opposition to privatisation. Extrapolating from some US experiences, the article presents examples of best practice for dealing with this type of scenario. |
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| From State to Market: A Survey of Empirical Studies on Privatisation (PDF) |
| Megginson, William L. and Netter, Jeffry M., 2001 |
| Journal of Economic Literature |
| The purpose of this paper is to assess the findings of empirical research on the effects of privatisation as a policy. It takes an in-depth look at the use of privatisation in the past, and present. This paper attempts to provide an understanding of why it has been embraced, not only by the governments of developed countries but also of developing countries. |
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| The World Health Report 2000-Health Systems: Improving Performance (PDF) |
| World Health Organisation, 2000 |
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| This report gives information on assessing and improving health systems. It looks at their performance and goals and the different methods used to finance these systems. Findings from the report show that governments tend to focus too much on the public sector, disregarding private provision of care. |
| ISBN 92 4 156198 X |
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| Governance Impact on Private Investment: Evidence from the International Patterns of Infrastructure Bond Risk Pricing |
| Bubnova, Nina B., 2002 |
| The World Bank. World Bank Technical Paper No. 488 |
| A study that examines the factors that influence investor risk perceptions and that inflate the cost of borrowing for essential infrastructure. |
| ISBN: 0-8213-4818-3 |
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| Case-by-Case Privatization: Techniques and Examples (PDF) |
| Welch, Dick and Frémond, Olivier, 1998 |
| World Bank Technical Paper no. 403 |
| A report examining the use of case-by-case privatisation, which is a method of privatisation where the government sells shares in state owned enterprises through public share offerings, trade (third party) sales or mixed sales. |
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| The Economics of Privatization (PDF) |
| McFetridge, D.G., 1997 |
| C.D. Howe Institute |
| An overview on the possible consequences on organizational efficiency of the privatisation of conventional government enterprises and various forms of public sector contracting . |
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| International Privatization: Global Trends, Policies, Processes, Experiences |
| The Institute For Saskatchewan Enterprise, 1990 |
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| A collection of essays covering the experiences of different countries and themes concerned with privatisation and contracting of public services. |
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| Canada |
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