World Bank Pushes Private Sector for Major Investments in Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 2014 (IPS) – The World Bank has initiated a major call to action for private sector investors around infrastructure projects in developing countries. World Bank Group President Jim...
View ArticleWater remunicipalisation as a global trend
Cities, regions and countries worldwide are increasingly choosing to close the book on water privatisation and to “remunicipalise” services by taking back public control over water and sanitation...
View ArticleThe corporate nullification of the human right to water: the case of El Salvador
Multinational corporations are increasing their control over valuable fresh water supplies, particularly in Latin America. But the people of El Salvador are fighting back. As we enter a new period of...
View ArticleNigeria: Water War
The legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti famously sang that ‘water has no enemy’. He was right. Water is seen by many as the symbol of life due to its basic importance to human survival and happiness....
View ArticleHuman rights in investor-State arbitration: The human right to water and beyond
Human rights arguments are increasingly being raised by parties in investor-State arbitrations, despite the fact that investment arbitration tribunals arguably “lack the jurisdiction to hold states...
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The Lanzhou water contamination cases were registered by the local court
JFA Successfully Promotes the Registration of Three Public Interest Litigations. On February 17th (the last working day before Chinese Spring Festival), the Lanzhou Contamination Cases were...
View ArticleGrassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico
The ruling party (PRI) and its allies, the National Action Party (PAN), the Partido Verde and New Alliance, were forced to back down in the Chamber of Deputies. The privatization offensive launched...
View ArticleJakarta court cancels world’s biggest water privatisation after 18-year failure
The Central Jakarta District Court on 24 March annulled the privatised water contracts signed with Suez (PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya Palyja) and Aetra, finding that the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) were...
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Our Public Water Future: The global experience with remunicipalisation
A new book shows that the growing wave of cities putting water back under public control has now spread to 37 countries impacting 100 million people. The book is launched in the run-up to the World...
View ArticleChinese government to promote PPP in public services, infrastructure
China will vigorously promote public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure and public services investments, said a government official on Wednesday. About 1,043 projects have been unveiled since...
View ArticleLagos Government Violating Human Right to Water
Press Release –ERA/FoEN As the world commemorates the International Human Rights Day (December 10), the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and Corporate Accountability...
View ArticleComments on a Water Climate Bonds Standard
The proponents of a water climate bonds standard launched a consultation among issuers, investors and potential buyers of these bonds. Gone totally unnoticed in Europe, this project springs up at a...
View ArticleStruggling for Public Water Services in Bucharest
In September 2015 Romanian Anti-Corruption Prosecutors opened a criminal investigation against intermediaries acting on behalf of the private company ApaNova/Veolia, the provider of water services in...
View ArticleNew rate survey of 500 US water systems finds private water providers charge...
Comprehensive new water survey finds that 10 most affordable water systems are publicly owned and operated. Washington, D.C.—In the largest U.S. water rate survey of its kind, Food & Water Watch...
View ArticleLead in Flint water, mold in Detroit schools: an anatomy of a free market...
In spite of the growing sense of disbelief and horror surrounding the lead contamination of drinking water in the Michigan city of Flint, at least one thing is clear: that the catastrophic levels of...
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Does the Senegalaise Des Eaux want to poison the residents of Mbour?
For three days, a blackish water flows from taps in the city of Mbour, Senegal. The population is forced to buy bottled water for consumption. At the request of ADDEA (association for the defense of...
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The heavy price of Santiago’s privatised water
With water availability to Chile’s capital predicted to fall 40% by 2070, legislators are being called on to prioritise human and ecological needs over profit. When it comes to water, Chile is failing...
View ArticlePrivatising India’s Water Is a Bad Idea
In August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism...
View ArticleDon’t let corporations control vulnerable Americans’ water
Hundreds of people gathered outside the White House last week before Trump’s address to Congress to remind him that they’re resisting his divisive agenda. In the disastrous first month of his...
View ArticleWater restrictions force Pepsi to cease production – India
Pepsi Under Attack for Water Abuses from All Quarters Palakkad, India, March 9, 2017 US based PepsiCo has been forced to cease operations at its bottling plant in Kanjikode, in the south Indian state...
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