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    Revival of the public water sector
    October 2011
    Water Justice

    As Amsterdam hosts its first International Water Week, TNI and its allies will be actively promoting Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) between public water utilities as the best means to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

    600.000 new water connections due to Asian WOPs
    September 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    Stockholm Water Week included a whole day of seminars with a
    regional focus and I opted to attend 'Eye on Asia: Partnerships for
    Water: How Can Asia Do More?'

    

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    Japan’s role in global water: big choice ahead
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    Japanese water companies should avoid investing in for-profit water service ventures abroad, and should focus on non-profit, public-public partnerships instead.

    Pro-poor water management: community participation and ownership
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    ‘Pro-poor urban water provision’ was a big theme at World Water Week in Stockholm this year. But what is pro-poor water provision, in practice?

    Fighting corruption with the Water TAP plus A
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    Using research, workshops and local user's committies to help tackle corruption in the governance of private and public utilities - a case study from Kenya.

    Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    How an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.

    Stockholm Water Week 2011 has started
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    World Water Week took place in Stockholm this year. Water activists again participated in sessions to ensure that critical voices were heard. Satoko Kishimoto writes about her experiences.

    Activists mark one-year anniversary of recognition of human right to water and sanitation
    August 2011
    Satoko Kishimoto

    A group of activists celebrated the right to water in front of a public water fountain in the centre of Brussels on 27 July.  The occasion was the one-year anniversary of the UN's recognition of right to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation as human right.

    Strengthening public water in Africa
    August 2011
    Samir Bensaid

    While both North–South partnerships and SouthSouth Partnerships have strengths and limitations, linking these in networked models is an effective way to mobilise expertise and funding and achieve success.

    The global resource grab
    June 2011
    Jun Borras
     Maryann Manahan, Yao Graham

    Worsening climate change and the emergence of new economic powers is leading to a renewed scramble for resources, with negative consequences for many impoverished communities.

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