01026pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245005900061260000900120300001500129362001200144520066600156650002600822773004400848180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVillanueva, A.B.  aContracting out of public services and public interest  c2000  ap.189-198.  aApr-Jun  aSeeing contracting out of public services and programmes as an in-thing, the author cautions that while some of government activities can not be privatised for reasons of safety/security, in others one has to watch out to ensure existence of proper spirit of competition to preserve public interest. On the basis of experience in USA, he then elaborates on dangers that threaten public interest in the form of `Low Balling', cartelisation, privatising without a proper comparative cost study and monitoring of results, and ignoring social values and costs. He lists out some glaring instances where probability of neglect of public interest exists. - Reproduced  aPublic administration  aIndian Journal of Public Administration