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March 23, 2006
World Water Forum concludes that governments should provide water
The 150 nations attending the World Water Forum have agreed that government, not the private sector, should take the lead in solving the world's water crises. I am personally happy about that outcome of the forum in that I am strongly against privatization of our water resources.
Alain Dangeard, a water consultant and economist, said: "The most important thing is to give local [projects] a chance. In countries such as India and China, you have real problems between centralised and local planning." He said that water services could be provided by small, local companies that better understood local needs rather than large multinationals.
People worldwide are suffering increasing water shortages, owing to pressures such as the increasing population and urbanisation, as well as climate change. A fifth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, and increasingly intensive agriculture is using up more water as well, as reported in London by the Financial Times.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 23, 2006 06:03 PM
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