Dear G-L members, As indicated in my first posting on the subject, below is the abidged version of my satement during the "Divestiture Workshop" held in Banjul last June. ( Views expressed herein are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of Gambia Government nor the African Development Bank.) Privatisation is indeed a very important issue in any nation's economic development. Enterprise reform and privatisation ia aimed at increasing private sector participation in the economy. The reform of public sector enterprises (PEs) can be said to belong to the second phase of structural adjustment, the first being the stabilisation phase. it has been argued that while the first phase marked the implementation of what could be ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------