Book contents
- The Right Privatization
- The Right Privatization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Public or Private?
- Chapter 2 The Effectiveness–Inclusion Framework
- Chapter 3 Public, Private, and Their Variations
- Chapter 4 Privatization Needs Capable Governments
- Chapter 5 Completing the Contracts
- Chapter 6 Private Investors in the Public Interest?
- Chapter 7 Public Promotion of Private Capabilities
- Chapter 8 A Roadmap to Privatization (and Its Alternatives)
- Book part
- Notes
- References
- Index
Chapter 7 - Public Promotion of Private Capabilities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- The Right Privatization
- The Right Privatization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Public or Private?
- Chapter 2 The Effectiveness–Inclusion Framework
- Chapter 3 Public, Private, and Their Variations
- Chapter 4 Privatization Needs Capable Governments
- Chapter 5 Completing the Contracts
- Chapter 6 Private Investors in the Public Interest?
- Chapter 7 Public Promotion of Private Capabilities
- Chapter 8 A Roadmap to Privatization (and Its Alternatives)
- Book part
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Although it is often assumed that private firms will have the required skills to generate impact, in many contexts governments actively sponsor new private capabilities via targeted industrial policies. Government capabilities are again critical here, as poorly designed policies may end up wasting public resources with unproductive firms that might request continuous support even when their initiatives fail. This chapter applies the decision framework presented in Chapter 3 to explore whether governments should expand their boundaries to include development banks with a mandate to improve private capabilities. The chapter also presents additional applications such as how private capabilities can be developed to deal with pandemics, taking COVID-19 as an example, and to promote the supply of affordable, frugal products and services.
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- The Right PrivatizationWhy Private Firms in Public Initiatives Need Capable Governments, pp. 142 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022