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ACP-EU Water Facility: Partnerships initiative
This report evaluates the expected impact of the ACP-EU Water Partnerships programme, and compares it with other international programmes of not-for-profit partnerships for capacity development in the water and sanitation sector. It offers lessons for the international water community on fostering the achievement of a critical mass of capacity as a precondition to achieving sustainable water development. The report is accompanied by four Annexes
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Sewerage works: public investment in sewers saves lives
Without sewers, more children die, and those who survive suffer in terms of physical growth and educational attainment. Donor policies and advice on sewers are wrong in three key respects. Sewers in cities are not optional extras but essential. Sewers need to be financed by taxation not user charges. And sewers in cities are affordable for most countries, many of whom are already investing in sewers in their cities. The aid needed is concentrated in a few countries, and this is affordable for rich countries
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Thinking inside the box: why the World Bank is not learning
An analysis of how the World Bank has maintained a position supportive of multinational strategies for privatisation of water
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From a private past to a public future? - the problems of water in England and Wales
A critical review of the performance of the privatised water sector in England and Wales in relation to investment, efficiency, governance and other issues
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Paying for water and sanitation the essential role of public finance
The affordability, necessity and available mechanisms for using public finance to develop water and sanitation systems
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The private sector in water in 2009
A critical survey of the impact on public water of water multinationals, local private companies, and water-consuming multinationals
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The illusions of competition in the water sector: a response to the OFWAT/Cave consultations on introducing competition in the water sector in England and Wales
The paper provides a critical review of the role of liberalisation and competition in the water sector, based on empirical evidence from the UK and internationally. The paper is submitted as evidence to the official reviews of competition in water sector in England and Wales
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The relative efficiency of public and private sector water
A range of empirical evidence now shows that there is no systematic significant difference between public and private operators in terms of efficiency or other performance measures. Due to the unsupported assumption that private companies are more efficient, policies have become seriously imbalanced
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Water privatisation and restructuring in Latin America, 2007
A detailed survey of developments in water in south America, including the retreat of the multinationals, the development of public sector alternatives, and persistent problems with compensation claims and development bank policies
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