Stop the drive to privatize and liberalize
Friends of the Earth International opposes the role of international financial institutions in facilitating corporate-led globalization, public sector privatization, investment deregulation and trade liberalization. We support a shift in financial flows from IFIs towards sustainable initiatives.
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After privatization of water services in Manilla, Phillipines, water charges tripled in just one year. Read more
water
About 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe water, and 2.4 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation. The poor, especially in developing countries, suffer most from the effects of water shortages.
In many developing countries the majority of poor villages and urban slum areas are not served by a piped water system. Often the poor must find alternative water sources in polluted rivers, lakes and shallow hand-dug wells.
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