After two decades of privatization, has government ownership and control of enterprises declined substantially? A rigorous assessment is difficult in the absence of systematic data on state enterprises...
Privatization has reached nearly all developing countries, generating more than US$400 billion in proceeds for these countries since 1990.cActivity peaked in 1997 and declined thereafter-but began to pickup...
This paper takes stock of recent privatization trends, examines the extent to which government ownership is still prevalent in developing countries, and summarizes emerging issues for state enterprise...