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Title: [PDF] Privatising Basic Utilities in
Sub-Saharan Africa: The MDG [UN Millennium Development Goals] Impact
Author:Kate Bayliss (Independent Consultant, UK) and Terry McKinley (Senior Researcher and Acting Director, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia) - Research Brief no. 3, International Poverty Centre / UNDP Dated:Jan 2007
This policy research brief draws on the findings of a UNDP-supported book, Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa (Bayliss and Fine, forthcoming), to analyse the effects of privatisation on the delivery of water and electricity. Its chief conclusion? Privatisation has been a widespread failure. This has hampered progress on the MDGs for both water and sanitation, and on many other MDGs dependent on energy. [includes reference to AES, Biwater, and Namibia's state electricity provider NamPower]
The proposed building of a massive dam to supply electricity for Namibia has met with fierce resistance from both environmental groups and local tribes. [refers to energy company NamPower]
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