Argentina Privatization Program: a review of five cases

Abstract

This paper is a review of the Argentine privatization program. It describes the national privatization strategy and analyzes five major purification transactions. The cases in this study are: the telephone company, Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Argentina (ENTel); the electricity utility, Servicios Electricos del Gran Buenos Aires (SEGBA); the gas utility, Gas del Estado (GdE); the water and sewerage company, Obras Sanitarias de la Naci6n (OSN); and the energy enterprise, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF). The case studies focus on three questions: (1) How were the five enterprises prepared for privatization? (2) What were the results of the transactions? (3) What were the early post-privatization outcomes? The insights gained from this analysis can be of use to policymakers and practitioners involved in the design and implementation of privatization programs around the world.

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