The employment impact of privatization and enterprise restructuring in selected transition economies : cross-country comparison of findings from establishment surveys in Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, the Kyrgyz Republic and China

IPPRED-16 (ILO Interdepartmental Action Programme on Privatization, Restructuring and Economic Democracy)

Based on data from enterprise surveys carried out between 1994 and 1996 and on recent data from two commissioned background papers, compares economic performance of privatized and state-owned enterprises and discusses constraints on manufacturers to increase production and create employment.