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WB funds for JNNURM to come with reforms for further Impact

micenmen wrote 1 week ago: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/wb-funds-for-jnnurm-to-comereforms-clause/380810/ WB fun … more →

Tags: Infrastructure Finance, Privatisation of Municipal Services, JNNURM, Urban reforms Agenda, opposition to JNNURM, JNNURM FAILED by Private sector

Municipal Service Project (MSP)

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: This is the web site of the Municipal Services Project (MSP), which has been running since 2000 and … more →

Tags: Africa, governance, Latin America & Caribbean, sanitation, Water Supply

Municipal Service Project (MSP)

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: This is the web site of the Municipal Services Project (MSP), which has been running since 2000 and … more →

Tags: Africa, governance, Latin America & Caribbean, sanitation, Sustainable, Water supply, Web sites, Municipal Services Project, pub

New web site highlights succesful public water utilities

babalobi wrote 1 month ago: Dear researchers, policy makers and activists, We are excited to announce the launch of the new webs … more →

Tags: Water Supply, sanitation, right to sanitation, nigeria water supply

Ghana: Ghana Water Company under fire

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is under fire from both the allAfrica.com”>governmen … more →

Tags: Financing, Ghana, Policies & legislation, Transparency, Water Supply, Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, corruption, Ghana Water Company Limited, management contracts

Water activists want UN to host World water forum

babalobi wrote 2 months ago: Press Release October 16, 2009 Contact: Anil Naidoo, 613-882-4405, claucampero@yahoo.com On October … more →

Tags: Water Supply, sanitation, right to sanitation, women and sanitation, News, World Water Forum, World Water Council

Ecuador: one dead and dozens injured in water protests

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: One protester has been killed and many more are injured following clashes between indigenous tribal … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, Water Resources Management, Ecuador, water pollution, water conflicts, Indigenous peoples, industrial water supply, S0911-LAC

Kenya: private water supply deal sparks cost inflation fear

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Kenya is seeking a private sector solution to its burgeoning water supply shortages in a deal that c … more →

Tags: Financing, governance, Kenya, Policies & legislation, water distribution, S0910-Africa, urban water supply, water shortage, water supply charges

Water activists celebrate blue october campaign

babalobi wrote 3 months ago: Today, international water activists are launching the fourth annual Blue October campaign. Blue Oct … more →

Tags: 1, sanitation, right to sanitation, water, Blue October, World Water Forum, Right to Water, blue october campaign

Clean Water Should Be Recognized as a Human Right, PLoS editorial3 comments

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: The editors of the open access journal PLoS Medicine have added their voice to  those who are demand … more →

Tags: Water Resources Management, Policies & legislation, water related diseases, Water supply, Water Quality, Right to Water, water shortage, PLoS Medicine, California

Mozambique: positive results claimed for delegated water management

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Felicio Zacarias, said on 29 June 2009 that the reforms in … more →

Tags: Costs, Africa, Water supply, World Bank, Mozambique, Decentralisation, urban water supply

Mozambique: positive results claimed for delegated water management

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Felicio Zacarias, said on 29 June 2009 that the reforms in … more →

Tags: governance, Water Supply, Mozambique, Policies & legislation, Decentralisation, World Bank, urban water supply, sector reforms, S0908-Africa

Chile: town withers in free market for water

dietvorst wrote 6 months ago: During the past four decades here in Quillagua, a town in the record books as the driest place on ea … more →

Tags: Chile, Policy & Legislation, Water Resources Management, Water Markets, Water Rights, water shortage

Mauritius: Who owns the rain on Rodrigues island?1 comment

dietvorst wrote 6 months ago: With the inhabitants of the island of Rodrigues [pop. 40,000, a dependency of Mauritius, located 560 … more →

Tags: governance, Water Supply, mauritius, Water Utilities, islands, Rodrigues Water Company

Ghana: people deserve better water services, AWN says

dietvorst wrote 6 months ago: The Africa Water Network says that private water company Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, which manages wat … more →

Tags: Ghana, Transparency, Campaigns and Events, Water Supply, Water Utilities, urban water supply, Africa Water Network, Trade Unions, Aqua Vitens Rand Limited

Jamaica: Minister suspends licensing of privately operated water suppliers

dietvorst wrote 7 months ago: Jamaica’s water and housing ministry will not be issuing any more licenses to private companie … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, governance, Jamaica, water supply charges

India, New Delhi: the poor pay more for water than the rich

dietvorst wrote 8 months ago: The inability of the poor to pay is the primary reason [non-governmental organizations and] politici … more →

Tags: Water Utilities, Charges, South Asia, India, water supply charges, slums

India, New Delhi: the poor pay more for water than the rich

dietvorst wrote 8 months ago: The inability of the poor to pay is the primary reason [non-governmental organizations and] politici … more →

Tags: India, Financing, water distribution, water supply charges, urban water supply, slums, SSA18-India

The debates drag on

sahanasingh wrote 9 months ago: At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, it was good to hear some new topics being discussed suc … more →

Tags: drinking water, Good Governance, water policy, water pricing


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