Structures and management of state trading organizations : issues of reform and re-structuring of STO's

Abstract

The dire economic crisis and the demanding neo-liberal classical Structural adjustment Programmes (1) have compelled African states to carry out bold development policy changes government withdrawal from trading sector of. The economies is on in many countries through privatization and dismantling of public enterprise in general and state trading organizations in particular however current experience in this have revealed the limits of neo-liberal reforms in many cases unfair international competition has brought to an end operations of many productive structures speculative import-distribution activities have further jeopardizes the existence of many local firms.