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    Study on private sector development in Sri Lanka

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2002
    Review of the private sector in Sri Lanka and the priorities for donor intervention.
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    Study on private sector development in Uganda

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2002
    Review of the private sector in Uganda and priorities for donor intervention.Priorities identified for future donor investment include: Governance: creating a conducive environment for investment and production. Initiatives in commercial justice and corporate governance Energy: particularly rural districts.
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    Options for promoting corporate responsibility in conflict zones: perspectives from the private sector

    International Peace Academy, 2002
    This paper examines private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with select existing and prospective measures (both voluntary and regulatory) to promote responsible business behavior in conflict zones.
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    Study on private sector development in Malawi

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2002
    Review of the private sector in Malawi and the priorities for donor intervention.
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    Water privatisation and people’s struggle to protect common water rights in Sri Lanka

    South Asia Alliance for Poverty Alleviation, 2003
    This issue of the SAAPE newsletter covers water privatisation in South Asia.
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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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    Flushing away arid theories: a reality check on the water debate

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is there too much theorizing about water? Does regarding water as an economic good obscure its cultural, social and symbolic dimensions? Can market forces protect the right of the poor to water?
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    Financing housing for the urban poor: opportunities for civil society-state-private sector collaboration

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The value of real estate held, but not legally owned, by the poor in the developing world, is at least US$9.3 trillion. How can this massive asset base be most effectively valued, applied and leveraged? How can community housing finance initiatives be connected to formal financial mechanisms?
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    Throwing the baby out with the bath water? Urban water management in Zimbabwe

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Reforms in Zimbabwe's urban water supply are driven by drought, financial shortage, and a growing awareness that water is a scarce commodity with economic value. The old system of water management based on direct governmental administration and professional control was effective, but new approaches are now designed to improve efficiency, equity, and sustainability.

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