Title | Private business, public owners : government shareholdings in water companies |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Authors | Blokland, MW, Braadbaart, O, Schwartz, K |
Pagination | xx, 213 p. : 10 boxes, 31 fig., 66 tab. |
Date Published | 1999-05-01 |
Publisher | Netherlands, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment |
Place Published | The Hague, The Netherlands |
ISBN Number | 9080207055 |
Keywords | administration, case studies, chile, efficiency, legislation, netherlands, philippines, poland, policies, sdipol, water authorities |
Abstract | Public Water PLCs are utilities incorporated as a public limited company (or joint stock company in the USA) under Company Law, but where the stocks are owned by local, provincial or national government.This book examines Public Water PLCs in four countries: the Netherlands, Chile, Poland, and the Philippines. For each case the governance mechanism, relative performance (technical, managerial and financial) and lessons learned are reviewed. |
Notes | Bibliography: p. 197-200 |
Custom 1 | 202.2 |