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 Can Privatisation and Commercialisation of Public Services Help Achieve The MDGs? An Asses...
or private, there is no substitute for political com m itm ent to dedicate public resources toward these groups. Perhaps m ore im portantly than their econom ic weaknesses, com m ercialisation and privatisation reduce the political pressure on governm ent leaders to take seriously the...
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or private, there is no substitute for political com m itm ent to dedicate public resources toward these groups. Perhaps m ore im portantly than their econom ic weaknesses, com m ercialisation and privatisation reduce the political pressure on governm ent leaders to take seriously the need to equitably allocate budgetary resources. W hen user fees contribute to self-financing or a long-term concession sim ply transfers responsibility from the State to a private com pany, politicians are no longer
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper22.pdf#page=21
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper22.pdf#page=21
Kate Bayliss and Tim Kessler 19 The challenges of creating well-functioning electricity generation m arkets are dem onstrated m ost powerfully in developed countries, where regulatory institutions are m ore experienced and have far greater financial and personnel resources than in poor ones. According to the U S N ational <span class="highlight">Com</span> m ission on Energy Policy, “Electric industry restructuring [in the U S] has derailed. The m assive blackout of August 14, 2003 certainly was not needed to underscore the
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper22.pdf#page=39
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper22.pdf#page=39
or private, there is no substitute for political <span class="highlight">com</span> m itm ent to dedicate public resources toward these groups. Perhaps m ore im portantly than their econom ic weaknesses, <span class="highlight">com</span> m ercialisation and privatisation reduce the political pressure on governm ent leaders to take seriously the need to equitably allocate budgetary resources. W hen user fees contribute to self-financing or a long-term concession sim ply transfers responsibility from the State to a private <span class="highlight">com</span> pany, politicians are no longer
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