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Water campaign briefings

See also the Water indepth campaign page and online order form.

Water - a matter of life and death

Water - a matter of life and death
Briefing on water confilcts around the world.
pdf 2 pages

EU- go public on the global water crisis

EU- Go public on the global water crisis
Briefing on European support for public-public water partnerships (PUPs)
pdf 2 pages
(français) pdf 2 pages

Water, water everywhere?

Water, water everywhere?
Updated Dirty Aid, Dirty Water campaign briefing.
pdf 4 pages

PPIAF presentation

PPIAF and the world bank
Presentation by Jorgen Magdahl from FIVAS (Norway): a critique of PPIAF and its work.
pdf 8 pages

Saving the land of water: PPIAF

Saving the Land of Water
Presentaion by Elias Diaz Peña from Sobrevivencia / Friends of the Earth (Paraguay): the water resources situation in Paraguay including the water privatisation agenda.
pdf 44 pages

PPIAF and infrastructure privatisation

PPIAF & Infrastructure Privatization
Presentaion by Nancy Alexander from Citizen’s Network on Essential Services (US) : how PPIAF is part of the World Bank’s wider water privatisation strategies.
pdf 19 pages

Public Public partnerships

Public Public partnerships
Presentaion by Emanuele Lobina from the Public Services International Research Unit (UK): an alternative strategy for donors, namely support for not-for-profit partnerships between public water utilities to share expertise and experiences.
pdf 20 pages

PPIAF briefing
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PPIAF case study: Malawi
PPIAF case study: Paraguay
Down the Drain

Down the Drain
(January 2007)
Briefing. How UK aid is still being wasted
on water privatisation.
pdf 6 pages
referenced version

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Sierra Leone Case Study
(November 2006)
Briefing on water privatisation in Sierra Leone.
pdf 4 pages

referenced version

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Women and Water
(October 2006)
Briefing on gender and water.
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

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Right to Water
(October 2006)
Briefing on the human right to water.
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

Brazil case study

Brazil Case Study
(August 2006)
Case study.
pdf 2 pages
referenced version

India case study

Sierra Leone briefing (media version)
(September 2006)
UK support for water privatisation
in Sierra Leone
pdf 8 pages

India case study

India Case Study
(August 2006)
Case study.
pdf 2 pages
referenced version

Thirsting for change briefing

Thirsting for Change
(May 2006)
Briefing on public solutions to the global water crisis.
pdf 4 pages

referenced version

Word Water Forum verdict

World Water Forum Verdict
(March 2006)
WDM’s verdict from Mexico City on the forth World Water forum.
pdf 5 pages

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4th World Water Forum – Mexico 2006 (February 2006)
Briefing on the World Water Forum
pdf 4 pages
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Pipe Dreams briefing

Pipe Dreams
(February 2006)
The failure of the private sector to invest in water services in developing countries.
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

Tricky questions

Tricky Questions
(February 2006)
A useful guide to difficult questions generated by the water debate.
pdf 4 pages

Tanzania case study

Case Study: Tanzania
(January 2006)
Case study about the failed privatisation of water in Dar es Salaam.
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

Ghana case study

Case study: Ghana
(January 2006)
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

Water privatisation and conditionality

Water privatisaion and conditionality
(January 2006)
pdf 2 pages

Aid for privatisation

Aid for privatisation
(January 2006)
pdf 2 pages
referenced version

No water for the poor

No water for the poor
(July 2005)
Article about Water privatisaion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
pdf 2 pages

Public successes and private failures

Public successes and private failures
(June 2005)
pdf 4 pages
referenced version

Campaign summary

Campaign summary
(May 2005)
pdf 4 pages

reclaiming public water

Reclaiming public water
(March 2005)
Examples of successful public reform around the world
web page with pdf links on Transnational institute website
The book is also available to buy from the WDM shop

The privatisation consultants

The problem with Privatisation
(March 2005)
pdf 2 pages

The privatisation consultants

The privatisation consultants
(March 2005)
pdf 2 pages
referenced version

For other briefings please browse by section, or view the complete list.