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| | Privatization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Another argument for privatization is that to privatize a company which was non-profitable (or even generated severe losses) when state-owned means taking the burden of financing it off the shoulders and pockets of taxpayers, as well as freeing some national budget resources which may be subsequently used for something else. | | | Privatization in the absence of a transparent market system may lead to assets being held by an oligarchy of a few very wealthy people at the expense of the general population. | | | Private companies make a profit by persuading consumers to buy their products and not the products of their competitors. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization
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| | Privatization, by Madsen Pirie: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | Privatization is the process by which the production of goods or services is removed from the government sector of the economy. | | | Privatization contributed, in large measure, to the revival of confidence in capitalism and the market economy, evidenced by the large number of countries which turned in that direction, and to its eventual triumph over the rival system of central planning, controls, and state ownership. | | | The revenues from privatization helped the Thatcher government cut income taxes over the decade from a bottom rate of 33 percent down to 25 percent, and from a top rate of 98 percent down to 40 percent. |
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http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Privatization.html
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| | Moving Ahead: Privatization in Poland |
| | Private investment is now predominant in the sectors such as trade, services and manufacturing, which have undergone the greatest amount of privatization. | | | Instead of fast privatization and radical restructuring, they were interested in keeping the state-owned sector unchanged and obtaining preferential government treatment for chosen enterprises or sectors. | | | Indeed, a proper privatization policy can be helpful in establishing successful new enterprises to the extent that privatization frees assets and human resources previously tied up in state enterprises. |
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http://www.cipe.org/publications/fs/ert/e32/e32_04.htm
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| | Owners of the privatized entities may purchase or rent with right of further purchase the land plot where this entity is located in accordance with the legislation, also he/she may use the land plot temporarily or permanently. | | | A mean of payment of Azerbaijan Republic- manat and state privatization shares (cheques) shall be considered as means of payment during privatization of the state-owned property. | | | Buyer shall pay the cost of the privatized property as lump sum or during the period as indicated in the privatization agreement (buying-selling agreement). |
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http://www.msp.gov.az/html/eng/acts1a.html
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| | Privatization Today |
| | Private companies themselves seek to cut costs and boost profits by "outsourcing" their own activities to cut-rate, non-union contractors. | | | Increasingly, there is a full-fledged shift from publicly to privately produced goods and services, including the use of vouchers, government— granted franchises, and the sale of assets. | | | Privatization has its counterparts in the private and non-profit sectors where growing numbers of AFSCME members work. |
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http://www.afscme.org/private/privat01.htm
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| | The Meaning of Privatization |
| | Public is to private as the transparent is to the opaque, as the announced is to the concealed. | | | Privatization may help both to cut expenditures and boost revenues, and, by converting debt to equity, states may improve the overall financial structure of their economies and reduce pressure for even less palatable austerity measures. | | | E.S. Savas defines privatization as "the act of reducing the role of government, or increasing the role of the private sector, in an activity or in the ownership of assets." E. Savas, Privatization: The Key to Better Government 3 (1987). |
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http://www.princeton.edu/~starr/meaning.html
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| | Privatization - SourceWatch |
| | The worry is that private companies may increase the efficiency of the enterprise, but ignore social objectives in the bargain, such as keeping the cost of water and power affordable, or providing bus service in poor areas. | | | These advocates suggest that essential services should not be privatized without greatly improved regulation by the state and participation by citizens to ensure that private firms are accountable to consumers and to the public at large (Kessler 2002:4-6, 8-12). | | | Although the trend of privatization began in developed countries in the 1980s, today it is prominent in developing countries as well, where natural resources are often the assets targeted for sale. |
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Privatization
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| | AFT - Hot Topics - Privatization |
| | Privatization is "the act of reducing the role of government or increasing the role of the private sector in an activity or the ownership of assets." When people refer to privatization, they usually mean one of four types: | | | Contracting with a private corporation to provide services, such as managing public schools, custodial, transportation or food services, managing social service programs, collecting child support payments, running correctional facilities or providing waste disposal. | | | School boards, local and state governments are increasingly turning to privatization or contracting out as a simple solution to complex problems. |
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http://www.aft.org/topics/privatization
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| | NEA: Privatization in Education |
| | Private companies are going after a bigger share of the billions spent on education. Find out how educators and kids are paying the price. | | | The term "privatization" typically refers to shifting the delivery of services performed by public employees to private businesses. | | | These forces, combined with support services contracting, amount to an attempted private sector takeover of the entire system of public education. |
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http://www.nea.org/privatization
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| | Bucharest Business Week |
| | The privatization of the Brasov-based tractor manufacturer Tractorul will be regulated by a new Government Ordinance, which will mandate the State Assets Recovery Authority (AVAS) to sell the state's shares to a strategic investor, able to secure the economic recovery of the company, AVAS officials told Mediafax. | | | Romania plans to sell BCR, which accounts for 26 percent of the assets in the banking system, to a strategic investor by early 2006. | | | Propsective bidders are expected to submit their letters of intent at the AVAS headquarters by May 6. |
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http://www.bbw.ro/privatisation.htm
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| | Global Exchange : CAFTA's Assault on Basic Services |
| | To reverse a privatization, a government would have to compensate all private service providers for future profits, a task that is financially impossible. | | | And as money for public services is diverted to private companies, the poor are left to rely on an under-funded and inadequate public sector or else to fend for themselves. | | | Allowing private foreign investors to control health care, they argued, would mean that quality care would be provided only for those who could afford it. |
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http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/cafta/Services.html
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| | Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives |
| | Wanted: From any member of the 109th Congress or Senate-confirmed Bush administration appointee, one quote using "privatization" as a word to describe private accounts and a second quote in which the member of Congress or appointee claims that the word "privatization" should not be used to describe private accounts. | | | Private accounts will only "marginally improve" Social Security. | | | Harris, who was elected to the House in 2002, said last year she opposed creating the private accounts unless future benefits are guaranteed. |
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_01_16.php
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| | CBC News - Indepth: Water Privatization |
| | Fernandez says the government's privatization scheme raised no cash, the private companies are paying next to no tax, and they've laid off thousands of Bolivians who used to work for the state industries. | | | Museo says the government tried to pass a new water law at the same time it was privatizing the Cochabamba's water system. | | | Semapa has a long list of problems – "Clandestinos" users who re-route the water but don't pay for it, leaky pipes that lead to major water loss, leaky accounting that leads to major corruption and debt. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/water/bolivia.html
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| | Welcome to STOP Privatization Page! |
| | Together they launched a protest rally against the privatization of the National Food Authority (NFA) which is being imposed by foreign multilateral financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund-World Bank-Asian Development Bank (IMF-WB-ADB) with the DOF as its spokesperson. | | | Banking on the three modes, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Jose Pardo hints that the privatization of Philpost is a priority one and could be in any of the three modes currently being used by the government. | | | The protesters are opposing the passage of the said bill not only because more than 10,000 employees of the Napocor shall be displaced but also because of the almost PhP1 trillion debts of Napocor that will be passed on to the public in the form of stranded cost. |
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http://stopprivatization.tripod.com
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| | HFP |
| | Our web pages can provide you with detailed information on the privatization process, on companies that are currently in the privatization process and on those companies to be privatized in the near future. | | | The completion of the privatization process in Croatia will represent a significant step towards the country’s economic and social development goals. | | | Increased visibility of tender announcements and established tender procedures provide potential investors with a fair and transparent transaction process. |
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http://www.hfp.hr/?ID=4
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| | Privatization Resources - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group |
| | In the first wave, privatization focused largely on industrial and financial firms, especially in competitive sectors. | | | Education: Compare the relative performance of public vs. private education around the world. | | | Privatization Resources - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group |
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http://rru.worldbank.org/Themes/Privatization
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| | LVCEA PRIVATIZATION ALERT |
| | Educate the public about public officials that wish to reorganize or restructure government by privatizing jobs. | | | Work hard and provide the best service possible to the taxpayers to prevent your job from being privatized. | | | Provide information to the Association to approach management before privatization happens. |
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http://www.lvcea.org/issues/private.htm
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| | Privatization Watch |
| | Regular subscription rates are $135 for private businesses and $75 for government/nonprofit organizations. | | | Six Myths of Competitive Sourcing (7/8) The private sector increasingly has found that outsourcing-through competitive processes-has resulted in both improved performance and lower costs. | | | Privatization Watch - The Comprehensive Government Reform Issue. |
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http://www.rppi.org/privwatch.shtml
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| | Reason Foundation - Annual Privatization Report 2005 |
| | LaFaive is the director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. | | | In its 19th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report helps policy- and opinion-makers understand the fast-moving arena of privatization, outsourcing, and government reform. | | | Privatizing Public Hospitals: A Win-Win for Taxpayers and the Poor |
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http://www.reason.org/apr2005/index.shtml
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| | 50 Years Is Enough Network: Privatization |
| | Resisting "Privatization" of Land Reform by the World Bank (Aug.2001) | | | Apartheid: WB's Private Sector Development Strategy and the PRSP (Oct. 2001) | | | World Bank's ICSID to Hear Case on Bolivia Water Privatization: Bechtel Corporation Suing for $25million in Lost Profits After People Revolt (Oct.2002) |
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http://www.50years.org/issues/privatization.html
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| | allAfrica.com: Privatization |
| | THE sale of government's largest forestry asset, the Komatiland forests, has been halted, raising concern that the state is planning to backtrack completely on the privatisation of its forests in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. | | | President Yoweri Museveni has for the second time, in calculated disregard of the country's procurement, privatisation and divestiture laws, directed the ministry of Finance to offer Kinyara Sugar Works Ltd to "a local firm without further delays", stirring afresh bad memories of a privatisation gone bad. | | | The Government has started the process of cleaning up Telkom Kenya's balance sheet in preparation for its privatisation. |
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http://allafrica.com/privatization
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| | Web Site of the Department of State Property Management under the Government of the RA |
| | Following our declaration of independence in 1992, the Government of Armenia embarked on an ambitious program of privatization to encourage the creation of a viable private sector. | | | The Web Site provides important information about privatization opportunities, plus important background information and documents concerning the privatization process. | | | If you take a few minutes to browse the site, you will find numerous and exciting investment opportunities in all sectors of the Armenian economy. |
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http://www.privatization.am
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| | Corrections Connection |
| | The Privatization Network is designed to be a continuing resource for those professionals involved in the management and operations of private correctional facilities. | | | We are in the process of selecting an advisory board for the Privatization Network. | | | Interested in joining a listserv for privatization issues? |
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http://www.privatemanagement.net
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| | PrivatizationLink - Privatization and Investment in Emerging Markets |
| | Overviews of national privatization programs, sector restructuring strategies and progress to date | | | Tender announcements and profiles of state-owned enterprises currently on offer | | | Full texts of laws and regulations governing privatization activity |
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http://www.privatizationlink.com
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| | Privatization in Disguise |
| | Rather, the country is being treated as a blank slate on which the most ideological Washington neoliberals can design their dream economy: fully privatized, foreign-owned and open for business. | | | "The only way is to partially privatize the industry." | | | Entirely absent from this debate are the Iraqi people, who might--who knows?--want to hold on to a few of their assets. |
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030428/klein
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| | Privatization |
| | The Public Interest of Private Enterprise - and the Private Interest of Public Policy | | | What We Can Learn from the Privatization of Zoos |
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http://www.libertyhaven.com/theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/privatization
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| | AFSCME Privatization Resources |
| | AFSCME is prepared to provide assistance to Councils and Locals in their fight against contracting out. | | | NEW: Shady Deals in the Sunshine State: The Florida Model of Privatization | | | (NOTE: For older privatization articles, see the AFSCME Privatization Update Archives) |
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http://www.afscme.org/private
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| | Public Citizen Water For All - Water for All |
| | Public Citizen's Water for All Campaign is dedicated to protecting water as a common resource, stopping water privatization and bulk water sales, and defending access to clean and affordable water around the world. | | | Waves of Regret - the failure of water privatization in the U.S. » |
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http://www.citizen.org/cmep/water
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