Product Description: The structural adjustment programs that were developed to address the debt crises of the 1980s forced governments to finally recognize the great burden of maintaining state enterprises that were becoming increasingly costly. This volume of readings, drawing from a wide variety of sources including publications of government and multilateral organizations as well as private sources, throws useful light on the problem of restructuring and privatizing state enterprises, with special focus on approaches and experiences of developing countries...read more

Product Description: This book is an interim report on how the human problems of the British coal industry are handled under nationalization—one of the classic experiments in governmental control of a great industry. The book makes clear why the future progress of the industry will depend on the solution of specific labor problems regardless of the system of ownership or which political party may control the government or the Coal Board...read more