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    Water without frontiers: improved management of transboundary water resources

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Over 40 per cent of the world’s population share water basins and aquifers (a rock-based source of groundwater) with neighbouring states. Can the management of transboundary water resources foster poverty reduction, sustainable environmental protection and political stability? Has the international community a role to play as a third party mediator between wary states?
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    Distinguishing rhetoric from reality: the search for common ground in water and sanitation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    As water becomes increasingly scarce, should we focus on controlling demand or augmenting supply? Can the split between public and private management of water be resolved? Should water be reserved for food production or can food security be guaranteed through trade? How should developing countries adjust their economies in response to water stress?
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    The commodification of water: leaving us high and dry?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Who owns water? Should anybody own it? Is water a human need or a human right? As the world’s water crisis worsens, can private sector management come to the rescue – or is fresh water in danger of becoming big business and a preserve of the wealthy?
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    Water privatisation in Latin America, 2002

    Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002
    This report sets out the main developments and current situation in respect of water privatisation and restructuring in Latin America as at June 2002. It assesses the multinationals active in Latin America; issues of public sector water and resistance; the Argentina crisis; conditionality problems; labour issues; and public finance. It presents developments by country in south and central America.
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    Financing water for the world: an alternative to guaranteed profits

    Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2003
    This paper assesses the initiatives of the Global Water Partnership and World Water Council, and the European Union to address the question of financing the development and extension of water supply and sanitation in developing countries.The paper argues that both of them give a central role to using donor aid to leverage further funds for investment from private sector water companies.
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    Hands not land: how livelihoods are changing in rural Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002
    This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UKThis book is an overview of research papers that examine the life and livelihoods of people living in rural Bangladesh.
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    New rules, new roles: does PSP benefit the poor?

    Wateraid, 2003
    This synthesis paper reports on the impact of the increasing role of the private sector in the provision of water services and resources on the rural and urban poor in 10 developing countries.
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    The State of the World's Forests 2003

    State of the World's Forests, FAO, 2003
    The 2003 version of the bi-annual State of the World’s Forests from FAO has a more policy orientated focus than previous reports . Looking first at recent changes in the forestry sector, the reports broader recommendations call for stronger integrated policies and better linkages across sectors, such as agriculture, transportation and trade.
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    The great water robbery

    One World Action, 2002
    Water is a precious resource and nowadays it is becoming more and more limited.
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    Water privatisation in SSA: Progress, problems and policy implications

    Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002
    A 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.

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