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Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: On Factors Affecting Implementation

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  • Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa

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Although privatization has been a key feature of economic policy in Africa since the early 1990s its sequencing and intensity have varied from country to country, with donor leverage being an important determinant of the pace of implementation. However, although many privatization schemes were undertaken in response to donor demands for reduced government participation in business, the process soon achieved its own dynamics.

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  • Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, 2002. "Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: On Factors Affecting Implementation," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-12, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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