The Finance Minister of a Country Considers Several Large, State-Owned

The finance minister of a country considers several large, state-owned iron manufacturing units to be inefficient and a source of corruption. To generate resources for public expenditure and promote economic growth, the government decides to auction an entire iron manufacturing plant to sell it to a strategic investor. This process exemplifies

A) nationalization.
B) industrialization.
C) liberalization.
D) privatization.