Still fixated with privatisation: a critical review of the World Bank's water resources sector strategy

D. Hall; K. Bayliss; E. Lobina

Still fixated with privatisation: a critical review of the World Bank's water resources sector strategy

2002

D. Hall | K. Bayliss | E. Lobina

This article discusses the World Bank's water strategy. The article is critical of the water strategy. The article suggests that the strategy's limitations stem from the organisation's misplaced faith in the private sector.The article finds that the strategy:fails to reflect reality or to learn from international experiencedoes not properly consider the full range of alternativesrepresents a rigid one-sided, one-size-fits-all approachreiterates the World Bank's fixation with privatisation

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Mots clés AGROVOC

developed countries developing countries environment finance financing governance international waters mh private sector privatisation privatization public sector water water resources world world bank

Informations bibliographiques

Editeur

Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU

D'autres materias

Questioning development; Finance policy; Governance.privatisation of infrastructure; Environment.water.water governance; Questioning development.questioning development; Agriculture and food.agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management.water management and irrigation; Agriculture and food.agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management; Finance policy.international financial institutions; Finance policy.private sector.private sector privatisation of services; Agriculture and food; Finance policy.private sector; Watertrade; Finance policy.international financial institutions.ifis world bank and imf; Environment.water

Langue

anglais

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The World Bank's water strategy: reveals a fixation with privatisation?

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http://www.psiru.org/reports/2001-12-W-WBstrat.doc

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