Privatization fund

A Privatization fund is a state-owned trust (business) holding formerly state owned enterprises and assets destined to be privatized, to be sold to private owners.

Notable privatization funds include:

the East-German Treuhandanstalt
the Czech První Privatizacni Fond (PPF)
the Croatian Privatization Fund (CPF)
the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)
the Hungarian State Privatization Agency Állami Vagyonügynökség
the Philippine Asset Privatization Trust (APF)

Further reading

Hagopian, Matthew J. The Engines of Privatization: Investment Funds and Fund Legislation in Privatizing Economies. Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business. 15. pp. 75 ff.
Sunita Kikeri, John Nellis, Mary M. Shirley: Privatization: The Lessons of Experience, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 1992. ISBN 0-8213-2181-1

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