Privatization

Selling off public assets to private operators can create a win-win situation for developing countries looking to unload expensive and unsustainable assets, while putting cash in government coffers. For investors seeking to capitalize on investment opportunities in frontier markets, privatization offers an important market entree. And with the growing trend toward business partnerships between the public and private sectors (so-called PPPs), the new face of privatization promises even greater benefits for all--including a better distribution of risks and the eventual turnover of operations to the country hosting the investment, along with the requisite infrastructure and technological know-how needed to sustain the investment.

 

With privatization still firmly on the global agenda, MIGA continues to highlight privatization opportunities in developing countries around the world. The agency's goal is to reduce transaction costs associated with privatization to encourage foreign investment in emerging economies. To this end, FDI.net's Spotlight on Privatization includes a Privatization Alert with the latest trends and updates, information on specific privatization opportunities, searchable by country and sector; links to websites of agencies with active divestiture programs; briefs profiling country-specific privatization programs; and email updates.

Latest Opportunities

Title Type Sector
List of Unsold Enterprises (July 2010) - Serbia
(Jul 27, 2010)
Opportunities: Privatization
Non-sector Specific
Asset Sale - Kosovo
(Jul 27, 2010)
Opportunities: Privatization
Non-sector Specific
Privatization Wave No. 45 - Kosovo
(Jul 27, 2010)
Opportunities: Privatization
Metals and Minerals
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Latest Information

Business

Title Type Sector
Temporary Cease of Privatization Transactions - Bosnia-Herzegovina (June 2010)
(Jul-15-2010)
Business: Privatization data
Non-sector Specific
 
A Contribution to the Theory of Financial Fragility and Crisis
(Jul-12-2010)
Business: Market research
Non-sector Specific
 
Why Are Goods Cheaper in Rich Countries? Beyond the Balassa-Samuelson Effect
(Jul-12-2010)
Business: Market research
Non-sector Specific
 

Laws & Regulations

Title Type Sector
Trade Policy Review: Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (July 2010)
(Jul-09-2010)
Legal: Foreign investment
Legal: Trade regulations
Non-sector Specific
 
OECD-UNCTAD Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures (June 2010)
(Jul-09-2010)
Legal: Foreign investment
Legal: Sectoral laws
Legal: Trade regulations
Non-sector Specific
 
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010
(Jul-09-2010)
Legal: Sectoral laws
Legal: Trade regulations
Agriculture