Successful cases among public enterprises in Africa : case studies of the Ethiopian sugar corporation (Ethiopia) and the national development corportation (Tanzania)

Abstract

This dominance of the public sector by public enterprises(PEs) as the main instruments and institutional forms for implementing economic development programs has not been accompanied by effective management of the PEs although it is evident from the selected cases in this study that there can be successful public enterprises in African countries. The criteria for the measurement of success will, of course depend on the mission and objectives which each country has set for its own PEs as well as public perception of the performance of each enterprise.