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Annual Privatization Report 2005
Edited by Geoffrey F. Segal

In its 19th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report helps policy- and opinion-makers understand the fast-moving arena of privatization, outsourcing, and government reform. And now APR is evolving to better suit your needs.

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APR Table of Contents

Download Full Report (2.7 Mb | .pdf)
 » Intro [.pdf]
 » Authors [.pdf]
 » Letter from the Editor [.pdf | html]
 » Table of Contents [.pdf]
 » Federal Update [.pdf | html]
 » State Privatization Update [.pdf | html]
 » Tax and Spending Limitations [.pdf | html]
 » Emerging Issues
   » Social Security Reform [.pdf | html]
   » Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [.pdf | html]
   » Offshore Outsourcing [.pdf | html]
   » Improving Parks Funding and Services
       with User Fees [.pdf | html]
   » Contract Management and Performance [.pdf | html]
   » Privatization Going Postal in Japan [.pdf | html]
   » Military Housing Privatization [.pdf | html]
 » Housing and Land Use [.pdf | html]
 » Air Transportation [.pdf | html]
 » Surface Transportation [.pdf | html]
 » Rail Transportation [.pdf | html]
 » Space Travel [.pdf]
 » Health Care [.pdf]
 » Water/Wastewater [.pdf]
 » Corrections [.pdf | html]
 » Education [.pdf]
 » Insurance [.pdf]
 » Developing Nations [.pdf]
 » Endnotes [.pdf]
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Previous Annual Privatization Reports
 » 2004
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 » 2002 (.pdf)
 » 2001
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Credits

Editor
 » Geoffrey F. Segal

Principal Authors
 » Ted Balaker
 » Michael De Alessi
 » Adrian T. Moore
 » Robert W. Poole, Jr.
 » Lisa Snell
 » Samuel Staley
 » Adam B. Summers

Contributing Authors
 » Chris Atkins
Atkins is a staff attorney with the Tax Foundation.

 » Ronald Bailey
Bailey is Reason's Science Correspondent.

 » John Berthoud
Berthoud is the president of the National Taxpayers Union.

 » Chris Edwards
Edwards is the director of tax policy studies for the CATO Institute.

 » Chris Fiscelli
Fiscelli is a senior fellow at Reason Foundation.

 » Steven J. Fisher
Fisher is the founder and CEO of SlipStream Air, an aerospace company focused on providing logistics solutions to the private jet and space industries.

 » Michael D. LaFaive
LaFaive is the director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

 » Wayne Lusvardi
Lusvardi is a real estate analyst with a large regional water supplier in Southern California.

 » Francois Melese
Melese is an associate professor of economics at the Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.

 » Max Pappas
Pappas is the policy director for FreedomWorks.

 » James Shikwati
Shikwati is the director of the Inter Region Economic Network and coordinator of the Africa Resource Bank.

 » Charles B. Warren
Warren is a real estate consultant and appraiser with Warren and Warren, San Francisco, and a Visiting Professor of Real Estate at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey.

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