Non-Market Controls and the Accountability of Public Enterprises in Tanzania

Locates the inefficiencies of the traditional public enterprise model within its management and contextual factors. The former include overprotection from consumer liability, statutory power to commit wrongs with impunity, and legal limitations on their liability for negligence. Front Matter....Pages i-xi The Search for a Rational System of Accountability....Pages 1-5 Historical and Operational Barriers to Market Controls over the Conventional Public Enterprise Model....Pages 6-22 Non-Market Controls, Power and Accountability....Pages 23-37 Parliament as an Alternative Control Mechanism....Pages 38-56 Parliamentary Questions and Debates on Public Enterprises: Their Contribution and Limitations....Pages 57-77 Annual Reports and Financial Disclosure to Parliament....Pages 78-98 Beyond the Balance Sheet....Pages 99-117 Privatization and Reorganization: Rationalizing Public Enterprise....Pages 118-143 Back Matter....Pages 145-176