Conclusion and Alternatives

Kate Bayliss and Ben Fine
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Kate Bayliss: Public Services International Research Unit
Ben Fine: University of London

Chapter 10 in Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2008, pp 235-248 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A number of general conclusions can be drawn from our study. In point form, these can be summarized as follows: The rise of privatization both reflected and promoted a shift in thinking about the economic role of the state as an aspect of the simultaneous rise of neo-liberalism and the Washington Consensus. There is neither theoretical nor empirical evidence to favour private over public provision of public services. The transposition, if not imposition, of privatization from developed to developing countries has been especially unfortunate. Much of this is borne out by the (World Bank) rethink, mea culpa even, that is accompanying the acknowledged failures both to privatize and of privatization, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the rethink, state provision of services is not encouraged and privatization is still a goal, albeit in the more diluted form of short-term management contracts, at least as an interim measure, in much of the region.

Keywords: Private Sector; Public Service; Public Provision; Welfare Regime; Interim Measure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230286412_10

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