Public Enterprises, Unresolved Challenges and New Opportunities: Publication Based on the Expert Group Meeting on Re-inventing Public Enterprise [i.e. Enterprises] and Their Management, 27-28 October 2005, New YorkUN, 2008 - 143 pages This publication examines the role of Public Enterprises in today's economy, especially within the context of the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their management, more particularly, the performance monitoring issues of Public Enterprises. The report focuses on conceptual issues, theories and models associated with Public Enterprises (PE), as well as on new management approaches relevant to PE in the contemporary world. It also presents a model for a public enterprise governance index (PEGI) and explores its possibilities in assisting on-going performance monitoring systems of PEs in several developing countries.--Publisher's description. |
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Reinventing Public Enterprises and Their Management as | 9 |
Designing and Implementing Mechanisms to Enhance | 43 |
The Question of the Public Enterprise and Africas Development | 73 |
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