Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Sovereign Projects and Programs

Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Sovereign Projects and Programs
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 929262119X

Strategy 2030 underscores the commitment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in developing member countries (DMCs). This guidance note provides an overview of SOEs and explains the significance of reforms in implementing ADB’s corporate strategy for its operations in DMCs. It discusses the requirements for SOE reform and provides guidance on challenges that need to be addressed and areas to focus on relative to different sector needs. Designed to help ADB staff in their work with SOEs, this guidance note is also a useful resource for officials from DMCs, and SOE board and management members.

Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform for Nonsovereign and One ADB Projects

Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform for Nonsovereign and One ADB Projects
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2022-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292698230

Under Strategy 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in its developing member countries (DMCs). The publication reviews the significance of SOEs in Asia and the Pacific, the role of SOE reform in ADB's strategy, and related requirements for nonsovereign and One ADB projects. Nonsovereign financing for SOEs can help reduce the burden of sovereign debt and mobilize new funding for vital investments, including climate change mitigation. Designed to guide ADB staff in their work with SOEs through sovereign projects, policy-based loans, and technical assistance, this publication may also be of use to DMC officials and SOE boards and management.

Reforms, Opportunities, and Challenges for State-Owned Enterprises

Reforms, Opportunities, and Challenges for State-Owned Enterprises
Author: Edimon Ginting
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292622838

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play significant roles in developing economies in Asia and SOE performance remains crucial for economy-wide productivity and growth. This book looks at SOEs in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, and Viet Nam, which together present a panoramic view of SOEs in the region. It also presents insights from the Republic of Korea on the evolving role of the public sector in various stages of development. It explores corporate governance challenges and how governments could reform SOEs to make them efficient drivers of the long-term productivity-induced growth essential to Asia's transition to high-income status.

An Infrastructure Governance Approach to Fiscal Management in State-Owned Enterprises and Public–Private Partnerships

An Infrastructure Governance Approach to Fiscal Management in State-Owned Enterprises and Public–Private Partnerships
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2022-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292697617

This report identifies key governance challenges in the management of fiscal risks and contingent liabilities in Asia and the Pacific arising from public investments through public–private partnerships and state-owned enterprises. It highlights the importance of investment in quality infrastructure to overcome the trilemma of the overall infrastructure investment gap, limited fiscal space, and increasing debt. It shows that such investments need to be efficient—that is, they need to provide the right infrastructure delivering maximum economic benefits at the lowest cost. The report sets out practical insights as a resource for decision-makers.

Green Finance for Asian State-Owned Enterprises

Green Finance for Asian State-Owned Enterprises
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292701517

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) can play a key transformative role in the green transition needed to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. This report explores how these SOEs can develop and deploy sustainable financial instruments to aid in this transition. To accelerate the successful adoption of green finance tools, the report examines how SOEs can resolve governance and capacity gaps to make better use of green capital markets, enabling a healthier environment and a more resilient future.

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises
Author: World Bank Publications
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2014-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464802297

This Toolkit provides an overall framework with practical tools and information to help policymakers design and implement corporate governance reforms for state-owned enterprises. It concludes with guidance on managing the reform process, in particular how to prioritize and sequence reforms, build capacity, and engage with stakeholders.

Supporting Quality Infrastructure in Developing Asia

Supporting Quality Infrastructure in Developing Asia
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292629786

This report explains how the quality of infrastructure investments in developing Asia can be enhanced and why this is vital for the region's sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It emphasizes the need to balance urgent demand for infrastructure financing with governance approaches that focus on boosting efficiency and integrating infrastructure systems. The report also explores how the Asian Development Bank can strengthen its support for quality infrastructure in the region through its financing instruments, programs, and projects.

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication gives a comparative review of corporate governance practices in relation to state-owned enterprises in OECD countries, including scale and organisation, board composition and functions, relationships with non-state shareholders, the role of stakeholders transparency and disclosure.

State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging Europe: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging Europe: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Author: Uwe Böwer
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484326261

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in Emerging Europe’s economies, notably in the energy and transport sectors. Based on a new firm-level dataset, this paper reviews the SOE landscape, assesses SOE performance across countries and vis-à-vis private firms, and evaluates recent SOE governance reform experience in 11 Emerging European countries, as well as Sweden as a benchmark. Profitability and efficiency of resource allocation of SOEs lag those of private firms in most sectors, with substantial cross-country variation. Poor SOE performance raises three main risks: large and risky contingent liabilities could stretch public finances; sizeable state ownership of banks coupled with poor governance could threaten financial stability; and negative productivity spillovers could affect the economy at large. SOE governance frameworks are partly weak and should be strengthened along three lines: fleshing out a consistent ownership policy; giving teeth to financial oversight; and making SOE boards more professional.

Mobilizing Private Climate Financing in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Mobilizing Private Climate Financing in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
Author: Mr. Ananthakrishnan Prasad
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2022-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Global investment to achieve the Paris Agreement’s temperature and adaptation goals requires immediate actions—first and foremost—on climate policies. Policies should be accompanied by commensurate financing flows to close the large financing gap globally, and in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) in particular. This note discusses potential ways to mobilize domestic and foreign private sector capital in climate finance, as a complement to climate-related policies, by mitigating relevant risks and constraints through public-private partnerships involving multilateral, regional, and national development banks. It also overviews the role the IMF can play in the process.