A Policy Maker’s Guide to Privatisation: Corporate Governance. by OECD

Policy makers and privatisation experts agree that it is critical to “get privatisation right.” A wellplanned and executed transaction, backed by sound rationales, strong institutional and regulatory arrangements, good governance and integrity can have consequences on future divestment activity by enhancing investor confidence while gaining the support of stakeholders and the public. Drawing on the internationally agreed OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises and decades’ worth of national experience across both OECD and partner economies, this Policy Maker’s Guide to Privatisation provides practical advice to newcomers on key stages of the process from inception to post-privatisation. With global privatisation activity trending upwards, this Guide can support policy makers in their decisionmaking process in the years to come. The key findings are as follows: