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Privatization Trends

An update of the World Bank Group's Privatization Database shows that privatization in developing countries continued to pick up in 2004 and 2005, with 400 transactions worth US$90 billion. Apart from 1997, the 2005 result in nominal terms is...

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Main Authors:	Kikeri, Sunita, Burman, Amit
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS AIRPORT AIRPORTS BIDDERS CEMENT COMPETITIVE SECTOR COMPETITIVE SECTORS ELECTRICITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GAS HIGHWAYS HYDROCARBONS HYDROELECTRIC PLANT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS NATIONALIZATION NATURAL GAS OFFERINGS OIL OIL REFINING PETROLEUM PORTFOLIO POWER PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION DATABASE PRIVATIZATION MINISTER PRIVATIZATION TRANSACTIONS PRIVATIZATION TRENDS PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATIONS RAILROADS SALE SANITATION SHARE OFFERINGS SHARE SALES STATE CONTROL STATE ENTERPRISE STATE ENTERPRISES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THERMAL POWER TOLL TOLL ROADS TRANSPORT UTILITIES VEHICLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7458990/privatization-trends http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11171

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Summary:	An update of the World Bank Group's Privatization Database shows that privatization in developing countries continued to pick up in 2004 and 2005, with 400 transactions worth US$90 billion. Apart from 1997, the 2005 result in nominal terms is the highest since 1990 (when the data start). Transaction values remained concentrated in 10 countries, with 4 new entrants joining the group. The top 10 deals, largely in banking and telecommunications, again accounted for 40 percent of the total.