New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production

17  Co-Production

An Alternative to the Partial PrivatizationProcesses in Italy and Norway

Andrea Calabrò

INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION

Market reforms such as privatization are often put in place with the aim of improving economic efficiency, reducing the role of the state and increasing the degree of private sector competition. These reforms are expected to have a positive effect on the local economy (Megginson and Jeffry, 2001). However, the measure of the success of privatization is often very narrow (Kikeri and Nellis, 2001). In fact, concerns have been raised in many cases about the privatization process in terms of the effective provision/production of services and accountability to citizens. Moreover, in many countries (e.g., Italy and Norway), ...