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Citizenship and governance

The roles of the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO in liberalization and privatization of the water services sector
N. Alexander / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2005
In recent years there has been growing pressure from the World Bank and other major International Financial Institutions on governments todownsize, decentralise, and privatise (or “contract out”) the...
Debt Sustainability Framework for low income countries: policy and resource implications
N. Kappagoda; N. Alexander / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2004
This paper summarise the Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF), which sets out a proposal by the World Bank for identifying countries in debt distress situations leading to a formula for determining gra...
Who’s taking risks?: how the World Bank pushes private infrastructure and finds resistance in some surprising places
T. Kessler / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2004
This paper looks at efforts of the World Bank to increase private investment in infrastructure projects in the risky markets in developing countries through the promotion of a range of new instrument...
The expansion of the World Bank Group’s infrastructure agenda
Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2003
This article critically reviews the World Bank’s approach to expanding its infrastructure business. It claims that such approach underscores an unsubstantiated claim of private sector superiority and ...
Review of 2004 World Development Report
T. Kessler / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2003
This paper from the Citizens’ Network on Essential Services offers a critique of the World Bank's World Development Report 2004 entitled "Making services work for poor people".Some of the key poi...

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