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Development in Practice, Jan 1, 2005
Since the 1990s, development agencies and international institutions have promoted privatesector ... more Since the 1990s, development agencies and international institutions have promoted privatesector involvement in infrastructure, assuming that this would inject both investment and efficiency into the under-performing public sector. In the water and energy sectors, these expectations have not been fulfilled. Private-sector investment in developing countries is falling, multinational companies have failed to make sustainable returns on their investments, and the process of privatisation in water and energy has proved widely unpopular and encountered strong political opposition. This paper examines the role of this opposition in delaying, cancelling, or reversing the privatisation of water and energy. Local civil society has successfully mobilised highly effective political activity, its opposition being based on the perceived conflicts between privatisation and equity, and over the role of the state and community in these sectors. Such opposition has involved dynamic interactions with existing political parties and structures, including the use of existing electoral and judicial mechanisms. Its success poses challenges for the multilateral and donor community, NGOs, the opposition campaigns themselves, and the future of national systems of electricity and water.
London: Public Services …, Jan 1, 2004
… Greenwich, Source URL-www. psiru. org, Jan 1, 2003
… Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU …, Jan 1, 2003
Public Services International Research …, Jan 1, 2003
Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU …, Jan 1, 2002
Responding to the shortfall in water …, Jan 1, 2003
PSIRU's research is published on its website, www.psiru.org . It is centred around the maintenanc... more PSIRU's research is published on its website, www.psiru.org . It is centred around the maintenance of an extensive database of information on the economic, political, financial, social and technical experience with privatisation and restructuring of public services worldwide, and the multinational companies involved in these processes. This core database is financed by Public Services International (PSI -www.world-psi.org), the worldwide confederation of public service trade unions.
Utilities Policy, Jan 1, 2007
Development in Practice, Jan 1, 2005
Since the 1990s, development agencies and international institutions have promoted privatesector ... more Since the 1990s, development agencies and international institutions have promoted privatesector involvement in infrastructure, assuming that this would inject both investment and efficiency into the under-performing public sector. In the water and energy sectors, these expectations have not been fulfilled. Private-sector investment in developing countries is falling, multinational companies have failed to make sustainable returns on their investments, and the process of privatisation in water and energy has proved widely unpopular and encountered strong political opposition. This paper examines the role of this opposition in delaying, cancelling, or reversing the privatisation of water and energy. Local civil society has successfully mobilised highly effective political activity, its opposition being based on the perceived conflicts between privatisation and equity, and over the role of the state and community in these sectors. Such opposition has involved dynamic interactions with existing political parties and structures, including the use of existing electoral and judicial mechanisms. Its success poses challenges for the multilateral and donor community, NGOs, the opposition campaigns themselves, and the future of national systems of electricity and water.
London: Public Services …, Jan 1, 2004
… Greenwich, Source URL-www. psiru. org, Jan 1, 2003
… Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU …, Jan 1, 2003
Public Services International Research …, Jan 1, 2003
Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU …, Jan 1, 2002
Responding to the shortfall in water …, Jan 1, 2003
PSIRU's research is published on its website, www.psiru.org . It is centred around the maintenanc... more PSIRU's research is published on its website, www.psiru.org . It is centred around the maintenance of an extensive database of information on the economic, political, financial, social and technical experience with privatisation and restructuring of public services worldwide, and the multinational companies involved in these processes. This core database is financed by Public Services International (PSI -www.world-psi.org), the worldwide confederation of public service trade unions.
Utilities Policy, Jan 1, 2007