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Private Failures
For the last fifteen years international donors like the World Bank have pushed privatisation as the solution to the global water crisis. The UK government has been complicit in this approach. But time and again, privatisation has failed to provide affordable water to the very poorest, often leaving communities with a worse service than before.
For more information about the failure of water privatisation, visit our interactive map, which provides case studies from around the globe.
Read more in depth information about the failings of privatisations
- Bolivia
- Ghana
- South Africa
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania (also see the Tanzania photo gallery for pictures and quotes)
- Trinidad and Guyana
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