Devastating critique of EU evaluation of SGI: Commission manipulates results
March 2005, Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866, by David Hall, Director, PSIRU - a report commissioned by EPSU
The European Commission published a Horizontal Evaluation Report assessing the performance of services of general economic interest in liberalised sectors.
EPSU commissioned the University of Greenwich to analyse this report. The critique is devastating. The report is biased and disregards evidence in its own research that is critical of liberalised public services. The Commission spin doctors the results. Research for the Commission that argues that liberalisation of services of general economic interest does not contribute to long-term dynamic efficiency and does not contribute to long-term labour productivity is simply ignored. Findings that clearly link liberalisation with a loss of employment are twisted and do not show up. The Commission continues to contravene demands of the European Parliament which has argued for open and transparent debate and independent analysis. The Commission is not capable of considering its own work critically.
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866, by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005 - a report commissioned by EPSU
Please see also Critique of the EC paper on Horizontal Evaluation of SGI by David Hall (PSIRU, University of Greenwich) and Dexter Whitfield (Centre for Public Services), September 2002
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