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UN80: A missed opportunity for transformation?
Member states must deliver on strategic transformation that enables UN to respond to growing crises.
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The World Bank’s water privatisation agenda neglects fundamental human rights
World Bank’s water privatisation agenda directly clashes with its poverty alleviation goals, disregarding water as a basic human right.
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World Bank-backed water bill sparks anti-privatisation movement in Nigeria
Bill withdrawn after allegations of misconduct, as Nigerian civil society mobilises against water privatisation.
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Lagos water rights summit rejects World Bank privatisation
World Bank water privatisation push in Africa criticised by civil society that are calling for a rights-based approach.
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Public water: the antidote to failed World Bank water policy in Lagos
The World Bank’s push for water privatisation in Nigeria is harming people’s access to safe, affordable water.
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Nigeria water privatisation questioned
Civil society in Nigeria has criticised and called for disclosure of a water privatisation scheme in Lagos involving the World Bank.
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World Bank push for water privatisation challenged
New Bank report highlighting benefits of privatisation heavily criticised by NGOs, pointing to the impact on communities in the Philipines, left without water.
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World Bank caught between Red and Dead Sea
The World Bank has been involved in administering a $16.7 million fund for a feasibility study and environmental and social assessment (ESA) of the highly controversial Red Sea-Dead Sea canal
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World Bank: private role in water under scrutiny
At this year’s World Bank water week, the Bank and water CSOs took a step closer to dialogue; while the contentious role of the private sector in water provision has been highlighted by the withdrawal of Norway from an infrastructure trust fund, a new UNDP-supported report, and pending investment arbitrations.
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UNDP book on Global Public Goods
New book addresses how to adjust the concept of public goods to today’s economic and political realities-includes discussion of governance of the IMF.
