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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
One of the world’s largest professional services firms, formed in 1998;
employs over 146,000 people in 150 countries. In the fiscal year 2008,
it earned aggregated worldwide revenues of US$28 billion. PwC is a
Big Four auditor, alongside KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu.
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PSD Private Sector Development
Privatisation strategy of the World Bank Group.
PSP Private Sector Participation
A general privatisation strategy.
Quad/Quadrilaterals
The name given to the four economic powers: EU, Japan, Canada and the
USA, who hold a dominant position within the WTO.
Roland Berger
Strategy Consultants GmbH, Germany.
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SAP Structural Adjustment Programmes
Initiated by the WB and IMF, whereby loans granted to developing
countries are linked to preconditions such as the privatisation of
national resources and infrastructure.
Schroders
UK-based global asset management company with £113∙3 billion
(US$186∙5 billion) under management as of June 30, 2009.
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SECO Secrétariat d’Etat à l’Économie (State Office for Economic Affairs)
Swiss “Competence Centre”, whose goal is to open up all markets for
Swiss goods, services and investments; similar to the German GTZ and
likewise involved in development aid policy.
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