Water privateers

Alternatives Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Clarke, Tony ^a  

^a Polaris Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE; WATER;

EID: 21544450604     PISSN: 12057398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Because World Bank and IMF loans and investments are in US dollars, all currencies in this article are in US dollars.
2. "The Coming Water Crisis," US News & World Report, August 12, 2002.
3. Ibid.
4. According to recent estimates by the United Nations, there are 1.3 billion people in the world living without adequate access to drinking water and 2.5 billion without adequate waste and sanitation services. (Figures released by UN officials at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, August 27 - September 4, 2002).
5. The World Bank's International Finance Corporation reportedly put up $450 million in investment funds plus another $180 million to $375 million in loans. The remaining capital came from other financial institutions, including $150 million from the Inter-American Development Bank and loans from local Argentine banks.
6. The role of the IMF is documented by the Globalization Challenge Initiative in a series of charts published in News and Notices, 2:4(Spring 2001).
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. In February 2003, the Polaris Institute, in a worldwide exclusive, made public the full set of EU requests for market access to member countries of the WTO under the current GATS negotiations. For access to these official EU documents, go to www.polarisinstitute.org and click on the country for which you require information.