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)
References
- Hagopian, Matthew J. "The Engines of Privatization: Investment Funds and Fund Legislation in Privatizing Economies". Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business. 15 (Fall 1994): 75 ff.
- Kikeri, Sunita; Nellis, John; Shirley, Mary M. (1992). Privatization: The Lessons of Experience. Washington D.C.: The World Bank. ISBN 0-8213-2181-1.