PRIVATIZATION OF SEAPORTS?

Though hardly a recent phenomenon, "privatization" of publicly owned assets has come increasingly into vogue as a solution to perceived problems of fiscal scarcity and institutional inefficiency. The underlying assumption appears to be that private sector participation is needed both to relieve governments of burdensome financial responsibilities and to promote investment and efficiency in a manner that the public sector is inherently incapable of providing.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104685905?urlappend=%3Bseq=397
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  44211 Slatestone Court
  Lansdowne, VA  United States  22075
• Authors:
  • Sherman, R B
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 93-100
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Investments; Private enterprise; Privatization; Seaports
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1995 12:00AM