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Privatization for the Public Good?: Edited by Alberto Chong; Contributions by Suzanne Duryea; Contributions by Eliana La Ferrara; Contributions by Lorena Alcazar; Contributions by Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Contributions by Orazio Bellettini; Contributions by Fernando Carrillo-Florez; Contributions by Virgilio Galdo; Contributions by Sebastian Galiani; Contributions by Martin Gonzalez-Eiras; Contributions by Martin Gonzalez-Rozada; Contributions by Eduardo Nakasone; Contributions by Mauricio Olivera; Contributions by Martin A. Rossi; Contributions by Ernesto Schargrodsky; Contributions by Maximo Torero; Using unique household data sets for six Latin American countries, the essays collected in this volume put together a compelling picture of the effects of privatization.; Paperback May 2008

Some Assembly Required: Calvin Chen; One linchpin of China’s expansion has been township and village enterprises (TVEs), a vast group of firms with diverse modes of ownership and structure. Based on the author’s fieldwork in Zhejiang, this book explores the emergence and success of rural enterprises. This study also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them in recent decades.; Hardcover March 2008