Bureaucrats in business : the economics and politics of government ownership

This note presents the key findings from " Bureaucrats in Business: The Economics and Politics of Government Ownership " (World Bank 1995), on the reform of state enterprises. It also assesses why so few countries are reforming. It concludes with suggestions on how the Bank can better assi...

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Main Author: Shirley, Mary M, dir
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press 1995
Series:A World bank policy research report
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