Privatization vs. Disinvestment

Privatizationnoun

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

Privatization

Privatization (or privatisation in British English) can mean different things including moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes less regulated.

Disinvestmentnoun

The process of disinvesting; negative investment.

Disinvestmentnoun

the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

Disinvestment

Disinvestment refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott to pressure a government, industry, or company towards a change in policy, or in the case of governments, even regime change. The term was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United States, to refer to the use of a concerted economic boycott designed to pressure the government of South Africa into abolishing its policy of apartheid.