The experience of Argentinian municipalities in the 1990’s offer lessons for the benefits of privatizing water local government supplies. Some municipalities privatized and others did not, yielding a comparison of results. Those municipalities that privatized the water delivery systems found a greater reduction in child mortality. Studies suggest that the combination of privatization and effective… Read More
Revisiting Privatization, Now is the Time
Background Over the past two decades, the privatization of state enterprises has gone from novelty act to global orthodoxy. More than 100 governments have sold stakes in state companies to private investors, raising $1 trillion and transforming the state’s economic role. Just as privatization’s promise may have been oversold, so its ills have been exaggerated.… Read More