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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.

The Way Forward - Voices from the Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance
April 2011

GWOPA brings together public water operators, trade unions, workers and civil society on a platform to discuss, learn and develop model practices for the provision of fair and equal access to public water.

Public Community Partnerships in Peru and Uruguay
March 2011
Water Justice

Citizen struggles for public water in Peru and Uruguay share many similarities and a common vision, with "public-community partnerships" bringing trade unions and water utility managers together on a shared platform.

The resistible rise of corporate power
October 2010
Hilary Wainwright

The massive concentration and growth of corporate power poses a major threat to what remains of public services, highlighting the ever-deepening crisis of democracy, and the urgent need for people to reclaim the state.

Controlling People Through Language
September 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky

Market reforms have given rise to new revisions of the language, and all personal activities are now expressed in terms of buying and selling.

Revenge of the Deficit-Haters
August 2010
Saul Landau

Ironically, the loudest complainers about paying taxes become the most eloquent advocates of spending more on the military.

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