Privatisation
Can you swallow this?
Privatisation of basic utilities like water can devastate poor communities. Without access to affordable and clean drinking water, diseases like cholera can spread and infect hundreds of thousands of people.
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 | Take action - Email Hilary Benn: Whether it is directly, or through organisations DFID helps to fund, the promotion of the privatisation of public services must cease. |
| DFID's global power empire: Profile of power company Globeleq, wholly owned by the UK government and using taxpayers’ money for electricity privatisation. |
| Profiting from Poverty [pdf]: Report analysing the role of privatisation consultants in developing countries. |
| Privatisation Briefing [pdf]: Outline of public service privatisation and how the poor can’t afford it. |
| Water for Sale [pdf]: Report in which workers examine the effects of privatisation in South Africa. |
| Privatisation & Poverty Homepage: A wave of protest is growing across the developing world as essential services are sold off to big business. Join the resistance. |
