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Water privatisation in SSA: Progress, problems and policy implications
Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002A large number of countries in the Sub-Saharian African (SSA) region have privatised water supply. But water is not like other commodities. The SSA are extremely poor and often subject to financial crises, therefore it is particularly difficult to promote the water sector as an attractive business prospect.DocumentWater management conflict and the challenges of globalisation notes
African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2002As globalisation intensifies, what is the impact on the power of national governments to address water issues?DocumentGlobal water outlook to 2025: averting an impending crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002IFPRI and IWMI's report uses computer modeling to project water demand and availability through to 2025 and predicts the likely impact of changes in water policy and investment, making specific recommendations for specific locations around the globe.The report argues that if current water policies continue, farmers will find it difficult to meet the world’s food needs.DocumentFood crops or cash crops in the northern communal areas of Namibia: setting a framework for a research agenda
Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2001Namibia is characterised by a dualistic agriculture sector with a strong commercial cash crop sector existing alongside a communal food crop sector, so which should be encouraged?DocumentPathways of poverty reduction, rural development and transmission mechanisms in the Philippines
Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001This paper reviews the experience of Philippine rural development. It specifically examines the influence of government policies and institutional arrangements on rural welfare outcomes.DocumentWater for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 2002This paper examines the impact of water privatisation on child mortality rates in Argentina.Between 1991 and 1999, about 30 percent of water companies covering approximately 60 percent of the population were privatised.DocumentImpact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector in Swaziland: the demographic, social and economicimpact on subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives and business
TAT Health Services, Swaziland, 2002This study attempts to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector, obtain vital information on vulnerability of agriculture and the private sector to HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality; and identify strategies that can be implemented to prevent and control the epidemic. A key finding of the paper is that HIV/AIDS has not affected the profitability and productDocumentRegional cooperation and the role of international organizations and regional integration
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2002This paper examines the issue of regional cooperation among neighboring developing countries in the area of regional public goods.DocumentWater supply and sanitation coverage in UNEP regional seas: need for regional wastewater emissions targets?
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2002Water supply and sanitation are topics of great importance in addressing the serious public health problems, economic losses and the degradation of coastal ecosystems.