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    Water privatization is short for private sector participations in the provision of water services and sanitation. Water privatization has a variable history...
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  • anti-water privatization movement of Bolivia Water supply and sanitation in Bolivia Water privatization Quantum of Solace, which featured water privatization...
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  • generally, and water resources specifically. A growing number of contracts to privatize public water services is an indicator that privatization has become...
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  • Water privatization in Metro Manila began when the then President of the Philippines, Fidel Ramos, instructed the government in 1994 to solve what he...
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  • Urban water supply in Guinea was privatized from 1989 until 2003 during the presidency of Lansana Conte. His government initiated water privatization for...
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    "Dries rule wets: Proposed water industry privatization". The Sunday Times. London. Plimmer, Gill (6 June 2017). "Privatised water costs consumers £2.3bn...
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  • the United States that privatization gained worldwide momentum. Notable privatization attempts in the UK included privatization of Britoil (1982), the...
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  • Private sector participation (also called "water privatization" or "public-private partnerships", PPP) in water supply and sanitation in Colombia has...
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  • after privatization differ in their assessment of when improvements occurred. According to the paper for the wider public, before privatization "water supply...
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  • was part of one of the world's largest privatization programs. Water and sanitation concessions with the private sector were signed in 28% of the country's...
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  • between December 1999 and April 2000 in response to the privatization of the city's municipal water supply company SEMAPA. The wave of demonstrations and...
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  • Water privatization in France, in the form of public–private partnerships, goes back to the mid-19th century when cities signed concessions with private...
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  • Water privatization in Cuba began in January 2000 when the socialist government of Cuba created a mixed public-private company to manage the water, sewer...
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  • Water privatization in Algeria has been carried out in the country's four largest cities – Algiers, Annaba, Constantine and Oran – in 2005-08 through...
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  • Water privatization in Gayaquil began with the decision taken in 1995 to privatize drinking water supply and sewerage in Guayaquil, the largest city and...
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  • Water privatization in Honduras has been limited to the city of San Pedro Sula which has signed a 30-year concession contract with a private operator....
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  • Water privatization in Armenia – or, more accurately, the participation of private companies in the provision of water supply under contract with the government...
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  • Water privatization in Morocco goes back to the times of the French Protectorate when most water supply systems were run under a private concession. After...
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  • Water privatization in Brazil has been initiated in 1996. In 2008 private companies provided 7 million Brazilians - 4% of the urban population - in 10...
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    sustainable supply of water from private organizations rather than having the public sector provide this service. Privatization of water politics entails a...
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  • Water privatization in Albania was initiated by the Albanian government in the early 2000s with the support of the World Bank and German development cooperation...
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  • Water privatization in Dar es Salaam began with the award of a 10-year lease contract signed in 2003 for Dar es Salaam, the largest city and former capital...
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    the privatization of Jakarta's water was an illegal act. To understand the context of water privatisation in Jakarta, it is useful to know the water use...
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  • a clause that requested privatization of water services. In addition to international institutions pushing for privatization, trade agreements in the...
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    pertaining to whether public–private partnerships constitute privatization or not. Some argue that it isn't "privatization" because the government retains...
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  • it is covered by water." In proposing privatization, Walter Block stated that "there are vast areas of human existence where private property rights play...
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    Bolivian Water War 15 Years Later". NAOC. Retrieved September 12, 2022. "Bolivians end foreign-owned water privatization in Cochabamba 'Water War', 2000...
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  • to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit) or to private non-profit organizations. In a broader sense, privatization refers...
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  • Veolia Water (formerly Vivendi Water, originally Compagnie Générale des Eaux) is the water division of the French company Veolia Environnement and the...
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    of very low water tariffs and water privatization is explained by government subsidies. The government buys desalinated water from private operators at...
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