State-Owned Enterprises in the Development Process.

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This publication is a first response of the OECD to the issue of what role is, or can be, assigned to SOEs as part of national development strategies. The first part of the publication overviews the experiences of five countries (Brazil, China, India, Singapore and South Africa) with using SOEs, and other government-controlled entities as agents of their development strategies. The second part reviews the growing internationalisation of SOEs through foreign trade and investment. These show implications that the usefulness of SOEs in promoting economic development hinges on a number of factors,  Read more... Title page Legal and rights Foreword Preface Executive summary Part I. Introduction and summary of main findings Chapter 1. A look at state-owned enterprises and development Part II. Experiences with using state-owned enterprises as agents of development Chapter 2. The case of Singapore and other ASEAN economies Chapter 3. Brazil: History and lessons Chapter 4. SOEs in India's economic development Chapter 5. SOEs in China's economic development Chapter 6. The evolution of SOEs in South Africa Part III. State-owned enterprises in the international marketplace. Chapter 7. International investment by SOEsChapter 8. SOEs in international trade About the OECD.