TY - BOOK AU - Shirley, Mary M, dir. AU - Shirley, Mary M, dir. ED - Banco Mundial ED - Banco Mundial TI - Bureaucrats in business : : the economics and politics of government ownership T2 - A World bank policy research report SN - 0-19-521106-5 U1 - 338.6209172 PY - 1995/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Oxford University Press KW - ESTADO KW - PROPIEDAD PUBLICA KW - EMPRESAS PUBLICAS KW - ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS KW - ASPECTOS POLITICOS KW - BUROCRACIA N1 - Copias: 47843; Incluye bibliografía; Introduction and overview -- 1. Bureaucrats are still in business -- 2. Success and failure in SOE reform -- 3. Contracting: what works, what doesn't, and why -- 4. The politics of SOE reform -- 5. How to spur reforms and improve outcomes -- Implications for foreign assistance -- Statistical appendix N2 - This note presents the key findings from " Bureaucrats in Business: The Economics and Politics of Government Ownership " (World Bank 1995), on the reform of state enterprises. It also assesses why so few countries are reforming. It concludes with suggestions on how the Bank can better assist countries undertaking reforms -- a) analyzing the readiness to reform systematically; b) tracking state enterprises over time; and c) measuring the success of reform efforts by assessing performance ER -