This series is published by ODI, an independent non-profit policy research institute, with financial support from the Department for International Development (formerly the Overseas Development Administration). Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of either ODI or DFID. Privatisation is an increasingly prominent feature of the policy advice directed at agricultural research i...

There has been much written about the “privatisation of public space”. This paper explores and challenges these narratives by questioning whether we have seen a privatisation at all. Through an analysis historic contemporary data, it concludes that, in London least, actually witnessed reverse, “public-isation private The goes on to ask what are management implications trend? It finds that negat...

In spite of the obvious physical dimension of economic production and consumption, economics has essentially ignored flows and stocks of materials and substances. Environmental economics has recently paid increased attention to material flows, which is not surprising given that its core problems – pollution and resource scarcity – can be directly related to material flows through the economy. V...

The aim of this article is to question the fundamental assumptions behind privatisation and public–private partnerships. The article shows that instead of radically increasing private sector involvement, public sector reforms should be seriously considered. Public–private partnerships should be implemented so that the strengths of all the stakeholders may be fully

 After the introduction of free competition and customer choice models between 1991 and 1994, the privatisation process has been strengthened under the nonsocialist government since 2006. This has been changing the Swedish welfare model to a market structure exposed to growing criticism regarding the quality of welfare services and the possibility of private profits in this publicly funded sec...

The UK regulatory framework for electricity distribution has been continuously evolving since privatisation in 1990. In 1995 it was recognised by London Electricity that increasingly the regulatory would seek to put into place incentive systems that would reward improved levels of network performance delivered at lower cost. Recent developments in terms of frontier efficiency and competitive in...

The paper examines different strategies for the financing of health care in India, where the effect of structural adjustment has been to undermine the traditional resource base. The relative merits of user fees, insurance schemes, administrative decentralisation and partial privatisation are discussed. The main policy conclusion is the need for better regulation of the various modalities of hea...

The contemporary globalisation project of which Baum writes rests on the promise that economic growth benefits all. Originally enforced through Structural Adjustment Programs’ trinity of privatisation, reduced public spending and increased trade liberalisation, it is the benefits of the latter that now dominate the “globalisation is good” argument. So dominant is this claim that it deserves clo...

talk about international trends in private policing, giving a philosophical overview. Perhaps you could look at the development of private security, contracting out of police services and contracting in of police services, private security and its growth, pointing out the dangers etc. . . . You could illustrate that privatisation cannot be viewed in isolation, but rather that it all has system ...