| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUSHITA Hiroshi Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Professor, 大学院・国際協力研究科, 教授 (60065464)
UCHIDA Yasuo Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Professor, 大学院・国際協力研究科, 教授 (90146556)
UENO Hiroshi Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Professor, 大学院・国際協力研究科, 教授 (10324906)
TAKAHASHI Motoki Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Associate Professor, 大学院・国際協力研究科, 助教授 (30273808)
HONDAI Susumu Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Professor, 大学院・国際協力研究科, 教授 (70138569)
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| Research Abstract |
The purposes of this study are: (1) to classify and to make a typology of the targets of privatization and its approaches based on concrete case studies of privatization process in selected developing countries, and (2) to consider what is the most appropriate privatization approach. In particular, we intend to clarify two things. The first is the typology of the targets and approaches of privatization based on case studies of many privatization projects. The second is finding out what would be the most appropriate or most optimal privatization approach to each developing country.
The results of the three-year research are as follows: (1) the building of a framework and basic theory of privatization studies; (2) a critical review of preceding researches of typologies of privatization; (3) case studies of developing countries and transitional economies focused on development phases of market economy and industrialization as well as the politico-social environment of Argentina, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, Poland, Zambia, and Kenya; and (4) the building of an optimal approach for privatization.
We have almost achieved the above purposes and we published the findings in the form of research reports. In addition, we got new findings, such as the significance of macroeconomic impacts of privatization in least developed countries with reference to the link between privatization and globalization, and the complexity of the relationship between the new assistance approach and aid cooperation or development coordination. Our future agenda will be to make a deep analysis based on these findings and to revise our optimal model based on more precise case studies.
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