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PrivatizationLink - http://www.privatizationlink.com/
Marketing and information resource for current investment opportunities arising from privatization in developing countries and economies in transition. Sponsored by The World Bank Group. |
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Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) - http://www.psiru.org
Research unit focusing on privatization of public services in water, energy, waste management and healthcare, including the role of multinational companies and of international institutions, especially the EU and the World Bank. |
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Privatization Center - http://www.reason.org/privatization/index.shtml
Provides practical research and analysis, how-to guides, case studies, and reports designed to inform elected officials on how to streamline government. A project of the Reason Foundation. |
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Charity and Volunteerism - http://www.policyalmanac.org/government/charity_and_volunteerism.shtml
Information about the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a program designed to privatize some social services by using nonprofit organizations. Provided by the Almanac of Policy Issues, a project of Policy News Publishing. |
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Michigan Privatization Report - http://www.mackinac.org/pubs/mpr/
Quarterly periodical of articles and book reviews, addressing topics such as the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps, notable attempts at privatization, outsourcing, and the public schools in Grand Rapids. Provided by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. |
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Idea House: Privatization - http://www.ncpa.org/pd/private/priv.html
Lists innovations, deterrents, possible candidates, and worldwide and domestic results. Published by National Center for Public Policy. |
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Grandfather State and Local Government Report - http://home.att.net/~mwhodges/state_local.htm
A chapter of Grandfather Economic Reports, in which Michael Hodges explores the rapid expansion of state and local government. |
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The Meaning of Privatization - http://www.princeton.edu/~starr/meaning.html
Article by Paul Starr, a Princeton professor who generally opposes privatization, attempting to clarify its meaning as an idea, as theory and rhetoric, and as a political practice. |
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Is It Time to Privatize the Postal Service? - http://cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-so-po.html
Excerpts of remarks made by participants at a Cato Institute conference on this issue held in June 1999. |
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How and Why to Privatize Federal Lands - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-363es.html
Policy analysis by Cato Institute describes failures of the government to provide good land stewardship, criteria for reform efforts, and a blueprint for auctioning off all public lands over 20 to 40 years. Published December 1999. |
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Union Launches Anti-Privatization Campaign - http://govexec.com/dailyfed/0999/090799b1.htm
Brief article describing the campaign by the American Federation of Government Employees to oppose privatization. |
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STOP Privatization - http://stopprivatization.tripod.com
Activist organization in the Philippines working against privatization. Includes positions, members, and photo gallery showing events in 2000. |
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Privatization: All in Favor of Privatization, Raise Your Hand - http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=4138
Articles and book reviews related to privatization in Michigan. Published by Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Spring 2002. |
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The Party of the First Part - http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s20753.htm
Transcript of a Marx Brothers sketch from the film "A Night At the Opera, " used in a radio documentary to illustrate the problems of responsibility and contractual enforcement involved in government outsourcing. |
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Privatize the DMV - http://www.cascadepolicy.org/media/dmv_rel.htm
Report presents the case for privatizing the Department of Motor Vehicles, and gives working models in other states. Authored by Patrick Hazel; published by the Cascade Policy Institute in January, 1997. |