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Water and Power: Are public services still public?

Length:

2:55

Year:

2015

Available languages:

French, German, Greek and Spanish

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Abstract

Public water and electricity are back in vogue! Yet many state-owned utilities are now undergoing “corporatization”: they have legal autonomy and manage their own finances. Is this a positive development in the struggle for equitable public services? Or a slippery slope toward privatization?

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