Public enterprises, unresolved challenges and new opportunities : publication based on the Expert Group Meeting on Re-inventing Public Enterprise [i.e. Enterprises] and their Management, 27-28 October 2005, New York

This publication examines the role of Public Enterprises in today's economy, especially within the context of the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their management, more particularly, the performance monitoring issues of Public Enterprises. The report focuses on conceptual issues, theories and models associated with Public Enterprises (PE), as well as on new management approaches relevant to PE in the contemporary world. It also presents a model for a public enterprise governance index (PEGI) and explores its possibilities in assisting on-going performance monitoring systems of PEs in several developing countries.--Publisher's description The material in this volume comes out of the work of the October 2005 Expert Group Meeting on "Re-inventing Public Enterprises and Their Management," organized by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The five papers presented are dedicated to examining the role of public enterprises in the economy, particularly in the context of the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. They are also concerned with issues of public enterprise management, especially performance monitoring. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) A publication based on the Expert Group Meeting on Re-inventing Public Enterprise and their Management, 27-28 October 2005, New York. 'ST/ESA/PAD/SER.E/69.'