Water democracy: Reclaiming public water in Asia

Essay collection presented by the Reclaiming Public Water Network
November 2007

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

1. THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK WATER POLICY: PRIVILEGING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT OVER

PRO-POOR ACCESS

2. LABOUR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION: A PUP IN BENCHMARKING WATER UTILITIES IN ASIA

3. FROM BAD SERVICE TO OUTSTANDING WATER UTILITY: PHNOM PENH’S EXPERIENCE

INTERVIEW WITH DR CHEA VISOTH, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PHNOM PENH WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY

4. CHINA’S ROAD TO THE COMMODIFICATION OF WATER.

5. HONG KONG: A ROLE MODEL OF PUBLIC-OPERATED WATER SUPPLY SERVICES.

6. STRUGGLES AGAINST FAILING PRIVATIZATION, FOR PEOPLE-CENTERED MODEL – CASE OF

BANGALORE, KARNATAKA.

7. CASE STUDY OF RWSS INITIATIVES UNDER DECENTRALIZATION IN KERALA, INDIA.

8. COUNTERING WATER PRIVATISATION IN MUMBAI: EVOLVING A PUBLIC-PUBLIC MODEL

9. SOLUTION FOR THE WATER CRISIS – DEMOCRATISATION, NOT PRIVATISATION! PROMISING STORIES

FROM TAMIL NADU, INDIA

10. PDAM TIRTANADI MEDAN: THE PIONEER OF PUBLIC-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS IN INDONESIA

11. LESSONS AND CHALLENGES: JAPANESE PUBLIC WATER SERVICES FACE MAJOR TURNING POINT

12. PROBLEMS OF WATER PRIVATIZATION AND RESPONSES IN KOREA .

13. PRIVATISATION VS. PUBLIC-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IN MALAYSIA

14. NO MORE SEVERN TRENT IN NEPAL: A CASE STUDY OF ADB’S LENDING CONDITIONALITIES

15. BAPTIZING THE BANTU STATE: WATER AND THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINE

16. WATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN PALESTINE

17. PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCES IN ALTERNATIVES TO PRIVATIZATION OF WATER SERVICES

18. STRUGGLES FOR PEOPLE-CENTERED MODELS: THE CASE OF AGWWAS AND ITS ROLE IN THE

CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRIVATIZATION IN CEBU

19. PRIVATIZATION OF WATERWORKS IN THAILAND

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