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Accountability and transparency policies in Spanish Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs) / Spain

In: Accountability, anti-corruption, and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs)

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  • María del Carmen SÁNCHEZ CARREIRA

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

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The hybrid nature of Public Owned Enterprises (POEs) presents opportunities, difficulties, and challenges. This paper focuses on the implementation of transparency, anti-corruption and accountability in POE in Spain. Spain is one of the European countries with lower importance of public owned enterprises. However, the privatisation process has been intense in Spain and it is accompanied by a parallel process of development of public enterprises at the regional and local levels. The analysis shows the need to improve the compliance of anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability measures by public enterprises in Spain. The mere existence of laws on this field is not enough to prevent corruption. The main risks and problems identified concern the political influence, the lack of professional management, the contracting procedures, and the confusion between the public and private sphere.

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  • María del Carmen SÁNCHEZ CARREIRA, 2021. "Accountability and transparency policies in Spanish Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs) / Spain," CIRIEC Studies Series, in: Andrea ZATTI & CIRIEC (ed.), Accountability, anti-corruption, and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs), volume 2, chapter 0, pages 61-83, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
    • Handle: RePEc:crc:chapte:2-spain
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    Keywords

    public owned enterprises; transparency; accountability; corruption; anti-corruption; compliance; organizational forms; Spain;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • H82 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Property
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • L3 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise

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