Maribor, Slovenia: Wastewater Treatment Privatization

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In October 1997, Marc Fornacciari, Vice President, Europe for the International Water Division of Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, received a letter from the Mayor of Maribor, Slovenia, breaking off negotiations for a concession agreement for a...

Protecting Pension Benefits: PBGC Meets General Motors (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In this case, the federal entity responsible for both safeguarding and insuring the private pension systems of the United States (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) must deal with one of the nation's largest and arguably most troubled...

Congressional Oversight and Presidential Prerogative: The 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

The history of the Central Intelligence Agency, from the time of its origins in the immediate post-World War II period, includes a crucial, ongoing tension. How should clandestine operations, whose effectiveness is based in secrecy, be treated...

Debt Relief for Poor Nations: The Battle in Congress (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In the fall of 2000, surprising momentum appeared to be growing behind the idea of forgiving the public debts owed by poor, developing nations, both to richer countries and to international institutions. The concept of "debt relief" had gained...

Debt Relief for Poor Nations: The Battle in Congress

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In the fall of 2000, surprising momentum appeared to be growing behind the idea of forgiving the public debts owed by poor, developing nations, both to richer countries and to international institutions. The concept of "debt relief" had gained...

Which Way to Go? Jamaica's Economic Stabilization Policy

Publication Date: November 01, 2000

Jamaica's relationship with the International Monetary Fund had often been tense. Currently, the country had no agreements with the IMF, and Prime Minister P.J. Patterson had sworn that his country would never again borrow from the Fund. Still,...

The Battle Over the Clinton Health Care Proposal (Sequel)

Publication Date: November 01, 2000

This case provides a succinct account of the high profile failure of the Clinton Administration's initiative to reorganize the US health care and health insurance system so as to provide universal coverage at the same time as controlling costs...

The Battle Over the Clinton Health Care Proposal

Publication Date: November 01, 2000

This case provides a succinct account of the high profile failure of the Clinton Administration's initiative to reorganize the US health care and health insurance system so as to provide universal coverage at the same time as controlling costs...

The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Publication Date: October 01, 2000

This case examines the finances of a Massachusetts charter school three years after its launch. (While the financial information is simplified, the case is otherwise factual.) The mission and history of the school are described in some detail,...

Testing the Reach of International Law: The Effort to Extradite General Augusto Pinochet to Spain

Publication Date: September 01, 2000

When the former military dictator of Chile, Augusto Pinochet, arrives in London for medical treatment in September 1998, there is no hint, in advance, that a major precedent in international law is about to be set. That, however, is what takes...

The Flawed Emergency Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 2000

When a jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers in the famous, videotaped beating of a Black motorist stopped for speeding, the decision sparked shock, outrage and, in short order, riot in the city's African-American South Central section...

Cancún, Mexico: Water and Wastewater Privatization (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

The sequel describes the ensuing changes to the concession contract and regulatory oversight structure, and the return of operational control to the private concession company, Aguakán. It briefly discusses the financial and political...