The Papers presented here were prepared for a Conference on The Role of
Public Enterprises in Development in Eastern Africa, held at the Institute
for Development Studies from 4 - 7 November 1980. The purpose of the
Conference was to make an assessment of the research done so farcin the
field in Eastern Africa, to analyse and compare the role of public enterprises
and their problem in the countries of Eastern Africa and to give
the participating researches some orientation for their further research
and bring activities.
The Conference outlined background, Powers and Objectives of Male participation
and focussed on the analysis of constructions of public enterprises
to economic development. Other section of the Conference dealt
with the control aspect and the autonomy of public enterprises and work
analyses for an improved performance. The participants were mainly
researches from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, but also from
local officials and managers from public enterprises working in Kenya