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| | Privatization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the latter case a civil-society-initiated referendum banning water privatization was passed in October 2004. | | | This seems to have been the case with rail privatization in the UK and in New Zealand; in both countries, public disaffection has led to government intervention. | | | Privatization will not result in true competition if a natural monopoly exists. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization
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| | Withdrawal of the state privatization cheques and state privatization options from the circulation in the process of privatization of the state-owned property. | | | In order to perform the state's supervision over the privatization of the state-owned property, a state commission shall be established. | | | During the circulation of the state privatization cheques, foreign investors shall use state privatization cheques through submitting privatization options. |
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http://www.msp.gov.az/html/eng/acts1a.html
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| | Moving Ahead: Privatization in Poland |
| | Parliamentary decisions and government policies are among the factors influencing the pace of privatization. | | | From 1994 to 1996, the new, left-wing government was not in favor of privatization and the process slowed. | | | The sugar-processing industry, protected from competition and privatization for many years, is very weak; it needs state help to survive until its privatization slated for later this year. |
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http://www.cipe.org/publications/fs/ert/e32/e32_04.htm
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| | The Meaning of Privatization |
| | Public is to private, not only as state is to nonstate, but as open is to closed. | | | Entry deregulation of public monopolies is a form of privatization that is also liberalizing. | | | The terms public and private are fundamental to the language of our law, politics, and social life, but they are the source of continual frustration. |
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http://www.princeton.edu/~starr/meaning.html
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| | NEA: Privatization in Education |
| | The third is the voucher movement, which threatens to drain resources from public schools to subsidize private schools. | | | A government report concludes that most privately run public schools perform no better and many perform less well than publicly run schools. | | | In public schools today, little is safe from commercialization and privatization. |
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http://www.nea.org/privatization
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| | Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives |
| | Suddenly, 'privatization' was a slur, even though it was the Republicans' own word until word came down from party central to start zigging and by no means zag. | | | Fifteen (15) points if the member of the Congress holds a leadership position in either the House or the Senate or the appointee is a cabinet secretary. | | | Here's his declaration of support for privatization on the Cato website from the year 2000. |
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_01_16.php
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| | Privatization - SourceWatch |
| | Peter J. Ferrara, Policy Brief: Privatization of Public Hospitals (http://www.atr.org/policybriefs/010599pb.html). | | | University of California, Davis, Law Library (http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/jan95/0715.html), January 1995: "Privatization of Government Information" message board. | | | The Administration told The Washington Post that it has a goal of reaching the 15 percent mark by September 30, 2003. |
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Privatization
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| | allAfrica.com: Privatization |
| | Apapa Port which is one of the largest sea ports in the nation has been given out to four private local and foreign firms by the National Council on Privatisation, which has the BPE as its secretariat,... | | | Liberia's Vice President Joseph N. Boakai has said an overriding priority of the Unity-Party led Government is to create a vibrant private sector on which citizens can rely for jobs. | | | Botswana: Beyond the Privatisation And Outsourcing Euphoria [opinion] |
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http://allafrica.com/privatization
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| | Privatization Watch |
| | Other articles include: GAO on Competitive Sourcing, Toll Road Proposal vs. GAO, Taking American Jobs, Dropping Water Privatization, Pondering Privatization in Florida, Privatization Briefs, and Who, What, Where. | | | Privatization Law: The Government Contractor Defense in Outsourcing; | | | Other articles include: Congress in the FAST Lane, Set the Mail Free, Privatizing the Final Frontier, Michigan Charter Schools, Selling Airports in Europe, and Privatization Briefs |
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http://www.rppi.org/privwatch.shtml
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| | Bucharest Business Week |
| | Earlier this year, AVAS president Gabriel Zbarcea said the International Monetary Fund placed "an enormous pressure" no the Romanian authorities for the privatization of Tractorul to be finalized by end-June 2005. | | | "The consultant will finalise all the documentation needed to launch this project no later than mid-May, which, in the consultant's opinion, would allow Romania to publish the (privatization) announcement at the beginning of June," AVAS said. | | | The state re-launches the privatization process at Craiova's electric engine manufacturer Electroputere for the fifth time in a bid to sell its 62.8 per cent stake in the company. |
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http://www.bbw.ro/privatisation.htm
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| | Privatization Today |
| | From city halls, county boards and state houses to our nation’s capital, the push for private take— over of public services is picking up steam. | | | Meanwhile, many states are under court orders to reduce prison populations. | | | For many years, privatization was limited to contracting-out, the catch phrase of private companies vying to provide public services. |
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http://www.afscme.org/private/privat01.htm
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| | Privatization Resources - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group |
| | Privatization impact: On infrastructure privatization and competitive industries. | | | Education: Compare the relative performance of public vs. private education around the world. | | | Explore World Bank guides to the privatization and regulation of infrastructure services. |
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http://rru.worldbank.org/Themes/Privatization
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| | AFT - Hot Topics - Privatization |
| | Concerned about the threat of privatization in your school district or government agency? | | | 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: | | | Is privatization the magic bullet politicians and administrators think it is? |
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http://www.aft.org/topics/privatization
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| | Global Exchange : CAFTA's Assault on Basic Services |
| | Under CAFTA and GATS/WTO, once there is a private school or private hospital in a community, the floodgates are open. | | | Another way in which CAFTA and GATS/WTO would promote privatization is by prohibiting governments from being the sole provider of a service sector. | | | Nicaragua has privatized its health and education systems. |
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http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/cafta/Services.html
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| | LVCEA PRIVATIZATION ALERT |
| | The LVCEA has been negotiating with the City on verbiage for guidelines for the City to follow on the outsourcing or privatizing of any Classified Jobs. | | | Educate the public about public officials that wish to reorganize or restructure government by privatizing jobs. | | | Set conditions and standards that "raise the bar" for private companies that provide public services. |
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http://www.lvcea.org/issues/private.htm
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| | Welcome to STOP Privatization Page! |
| | No to Privatization of State Colleges and Universities! | | | The protest, along with representatives from the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), human rights organizations, and the youth sector, is meant to register their opposition to the Omnibus Power Bill that will eventually privatize the National Power Corporation (Napocor). | | | The rallyists stressed that they are taking the occasion to emphasize their position against privatization and other impositions by the US who represents the interests of foreign monopolies or big businesses. |
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http://stopprivatization.tripod.com
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| | AFSCME Privatization Resources |
| | (NOTE: For older privatization articles, see the AFSCME Privatization Update Archives) | | | NEW: Shady Deals in the Sunshine State: The Florida Model of Privatization | | | AFSCME is prepared to provide assistance to Councils and Locals in their fight against contracting out. |
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http://www.afscme.org/private
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| | Privatization, by Madsen Pirie: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | In some cases the state enterprises that were "privatized" had never been in the private sector. | | | This pattern was to be repeated and refined in subsequent privatizations. | | | Very often, there were no laws to protect or even permit private ownership, much less the supporting infrastructure of contract law and financial support services such as banks and accountants. |
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http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Privatization.html
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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. | | | Their rights would have gone to the private water company. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/water/bolivia.html
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| | HFP |
| | The Government of Croatia is committed to the privatization of the state portfolio and has mandated the CPF to divest remaining assets and enterprises in a timely fashion. | | | 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. | | | We encourage you to visit this website often for details on current tender scheduling and the privatization plan of the remaining state portfolio. |
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http://www.hfp.hr/?ID=4
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| | Privatization in Disguise |
| | What does it matter if the privatizing is done unilaterally by Washington or multilaterally by the United States, Europe, Russia and China? | | | He is part of a group of Iraqi exiles who have been advising the State Department on how to implement that privatization in such a way that it isn't seen to be coming from the United States. | | | "The only way is to partially privatize the industry." |
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030428/klein
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| | Reason Foundation - Annual Privatization Report 2005 |
| | Fiscelli is a senior fellow at Reason Foundation. | | | 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. | | | Atkins is a staff attorney with the Tax Foundation. |
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http://www.reason.org/apr2005/index.shtml
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| | Web Site of the Department of State Property Management under the Government of the RA |
| | It is noteworthy that, in accordance with Article 5.2 of the "Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Privatization of State Property", equal investment opportunities are afforded to both foreign and Armenian physical and/or legal entities. | | | 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 Department of State Property Management under the Government of the Republic of Armenia is responsible for all privatization activity within Armenia and intends to use this Web Site as a major component of its information dissemination role. |
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http://www.privatization.am
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| | Corrections Connection |
| | Interested in joining a listserv for privatization issues? | | | We are in the process of selecting an advisory board for the Privatization Network. | | | Email our Editorial Staff to offer suggestions for coverage of privatization issues or submit articles to the Editor. |
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http://www.privatemanagement.net
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| | 50 Years Is Enough Network: Privatization |
| | Gender Implications on Bank Privatization in Developing Countries (April 2003) | | | Resisting "Privatization" of Land Reform by the World Bank (Aug.2001) | | | The World Bank's Expanded Privatization Agenda Comes to Life (June 2002) |
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http://www.50years.org/issues/privatization.html
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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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| | Public Citizen Water For All - Water for All |
| | Waves of Regret - the failure of water privatization in the U.S. » | | | 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. |
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http://www.citizen.org/cmep/water
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