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Privatisation

Why Public-Private Partnerships don't work

Video: Why PPPs don't work (UNCSW)

18 March 2015

Why Public-Private Partnerships don't work

Why Public Private Partnerships don’t work

Publication: Why Public-Private Partnerships don’t work

1 Feb 2015

The new report Why Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) don’t work: The many advantages of the public alternative contains a combination of 30 years of research by David Hall, former Director of Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) University of Greenwich, UK.

Why Public-Private Partnerships don’t work

17 March 2015
Drinking from tap

Public Services International (PSI) has just released the new report “Why Public-Private Partnerships don’t work: The many advantages of the public alternative”.

Privatising Power: UK aid funds energy privatisation in Nigeria

17 Mar 2015

This new research, released on 17 March, by campaign group Global Justice Now shows that since 2002, £140 million of UK aid money has been spent by the Department for International Development (DfID) on projects to support the privatisation of Nigeria’s energy system, with disastrous consequences for people in Nigeria.

UK aid funds energy privatisation in Nigeria

17 March 2015

New research released today by campaign group Global Justice Now shows that since 2002, £140 million of UK aid money has been spent by the Department for International Development (DfID) on projects to support the privatisation of Nigeria’s energy system, with disastrous consequences for people in Nigeria.

Press release: Why Public-Private Partnerships don't work

16 March 2015
Worker

The report “Why Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) don’t work” by Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) assesses the PPPs experience in countries both rich and poor.

English - Why PPPs don't work (with subtitles)

Video: Why Public-Private Partnerships don’t work

16 March 2015

English - Why PPPs don't work (with subtitles)

Public services are essential for economic growth

12 February 2015
GUF meeting with IMF

Economic models that promote labour flexibility and privatisation are destined to fail. This was PSI’s main message to the high-level meetings between the Global Union Federations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on 11 February in Washington.

Water and Power: Are public services still public?

Video: Water and power: are public services still public?

10 February 2015

Water and Power: Are public services still public?

São Paulo to run out of water within two months

06 February 2015
Cantareira. Photo: Mídia NINJA - Creative Commons

If the most realistic predictions prove to be accurate, around 6 million people out of São Paulo's 20 million residents will face drastic water rationing this coming April. For five days out of seven they will have no water at all coming out of their taps.