* Israel - The privatization that could
Despite a firm grounding in fact and economics, people resist manfully when presented with a story about a privatization that worked.
Tel Aviv,Israel -The Haaretz, by Avi Bar-Eli -26 June 2007: -- It's as though the words "successful privatization" is some sort of oxymoron, a contradiction in terms... Yet the (partial) privatization of Israel's public transportation system is a roaring success, judging by figures from several sources, and a range of opinions too. Take the "Forum of Private Bus Companies" - there is such a thing. True, it has an agenda, but it claims that the price of tickets on the privatized lines has dropped by 25% to 50%... It claims that the frequency of buses has increased from 11% to 107%. It claims that the number of passengers it transports has risen by 5% to 109% (depending on the line, of course). It claims that the taxpayer has saved NIS 96 million in subsidies, or 15%... A pair of researchers from the Adva Institute attacked the privatization with a slew of slogans, including "Cheap is not everything" and "the findings ignore the conclusions of the Transport Ministry"... Pinpoint problems have been reported but the big picture is what it is...
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