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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004894603321

Autore

Anderson Robert E (Robert Edward), <1944->

Titolo

Just get out of the way : how government can help business in poor countries / / Robert E. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, c2004

ISBN

9786611905439

9781281905437

1281905437

9781933995458

1933995459

9781597340496

1597340499

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/8/091724

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Developing countries

Free enterprise - Developing countries

Privatization - Developing countries

Banks and banking - Government policy - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Government Failure versus Market Failure; 2. Economic Growth: The Only Way Out of Poverty; 3. Large Companies: Heroes or Villains?; 4. Privatization: Just Sell It; 5. Banks: Better Off without Them; 6. Bank Regulation: Depositors Beware; 7. Bankruptcy: Swift and Certain Liquidation; 8. Competition: Government Is the Problem, Not the Solution; 9. Conclusions-The Example of New Zealand; Notes; INDEX; About the Author; Cato Institute

Sommario/riassunto

Economic growth is the only way out of poverty, and the private sector is best at generating that growth.