42 Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Road transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Telecommunications . . . . . . . ....

This paper provides an evaluation of the effects of privatisation on the efficiency of firms in the case of large Spanish State-Owned Enterprises that had been privatised from 1990 onward. The firms’ efficiency is approached here by financialperformance indicators, through acknowledging, on the one hand, their shortcomings and, on the other, the advantage of their direct comprehensibility. Unli...

This chapter presents an analysis of privatisation in Ireland. It discusses the sale of state owned enterprises, the contracting out of refuse colletion services and Public Private Partnership (PPPs). The analysis of the sale of state owned enterprises demonstrates a clear pattern of improved performance prior to change of ownership. The post-privatisation productivity performance is not as cle...

despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the national health service (nhs) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. but if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

PREFACE This is the eleventh of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Privatisation of animal healthcare systems in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, has had very limited success. Introduced with inad...

What kind of world are we building? The privatisation of public space

Australia's major academic health centres not only provide excellent healthcare, but are also involved in one of the most important aspects of the healthcare system -the training of our future health professionals. Most teaching hospitals are also involved in basic and clinical research, and many have major research institutes on their campuses. This symbiosis of healthcare, research and traini...

ing from its dynamic effects on the economy, the potential benefits from deregulation of an inefficiently regulated sector may be illustrated in a simplified scheme first worked out by Harberger (1954) for the estimation of welfare losses from monopoly20. In this case, the Harberger measure of welfare loss corresponds to that part of the reduction in consumer surplus which is not appropriated b...