Venture capital funds pool and manage
money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small
and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential.
These investments...
Although portfolio funds account for
only about 5 percent of the capitalization of emerging stock
markets, these small infusions of capital, particularly
foreign portfolio...
In the early 1990s, the New Zealand
government started publishing a balance sheet and operating
statement, using private sector accounting and reporting.
These reports...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16886Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Dale, Tony ;
Ball, Ian
In the past few years, state power
companies in many countries have offered independent power
producers (IPPs) the opportunity to tender for new or
existing generation....
Traditionally, the air transport
sector--airlines, airports, and air navigation services--has
been in state hands. The private sector became involved in
the sector...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16941Date: June 30, 1996Author:
Juan,Ellis J.
Power sector reforms in Chile and
Argentina are now roughly fourteen and four years old. In
both countries, restructuring and deregulation have
increased efficiency,...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16944Date: June 30, 1996Author:
García, Hernan ;
Lalor, R. Peter
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the
England and Wales power supply industry underwent the most
radical transformation ever experienced by such an industry,
swiftly...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16943Date: June 30, 1996Author:
Besant-Jones,John E.
The World Bank has well over 100
projects involving private participation in infrastructure
(PPI) in its pipeline, the IFC has participated in 100 more
PPI projects,...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16940Date: June 30, 1996Author:
Karasapan, Omer
The World Bank has two distinct
financial vehicles to support developing country governments
wanting to provide guarantees to attract private investors:
issuing guarantees...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16938Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Benoit,Philippe Charles
In 1989, the Government of Guinea
entered into a lease arrangement for private sector
operation of water services in the capital city, Conakry,
and sixteen other towns....
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16937Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Brook Cowen, Penelope J.
Although money laundering is impossible
to measure with precision, it is estimated that United
States (U.S.) 300 billion dollars to U.S. 500 billion
dollars in proceeds...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16907Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Scott, David
Sydney Water, a statutory corporation
responsible for capturing, storing, treating, and
reticulating Sydney's water, has contracted for
privately built, owned, and operated...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16939Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Chapman, Ross ;
Cuthbertson, Sandy
The water industry differs in two key
respects from such other network industries as gas,
electricity, and telecommunications. First, it offers fewer
opportunities for...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16936Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Klein, Michael ;
Irwin, Timothy
This Note examines the opportunities for
illicit gain that exist in all countries. It asks what
factors determine the size and incidence of bribe payments
and assesses...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16933Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Rose-Ackerman, Susan
Smart cards, electronic checks, and
electronic money alternatives combined with broadly
available communications facilities such as the Internet are
rapidly increasing...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16935Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Minehan, Cathy E.
The author proposes three types of
anticorruption strategies: those that reduce the benefits
that officials control, those that increase the costs of
bribery, and those...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16934Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Rose-Ackerman, Susan
Indonesia has only about 1.3 lines per
hundred people, so universal telephone service cannot be
practically achieved in the near future. Nevertheless,
public access...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16932Date: March 31, 1996Author:
Pradhan, Rajesh ;
Smith, Peter
In the wake of the Mexican financial
crisis, too much attention has been given to what was
happening in emerging economies and too little to what was
changing in financial...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16929Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Perlin,Gary L.
The study described in this Note
compared the pre- and post-privatization performance of 61
companies in 18 countries and 32 industries. These companies
were sold to...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16927Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Megginson,William Leon ;
Nash, Robert C. ;
Randenborgh, Matthias van
In the first seven months of 1995,
average bank spreads in Ukraine ranged from 46 percentage
points to 84 percentage points. The size of these spreads
might suggest...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16926Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Montes-Negret, Fernando ;
Papi, Luca
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