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Article

30 Jan 2006

Author:
Gustavo Capdevila, Inter Press Service

World Economic Forum: "The Other" Water Management

The problems of the scarcity of clean water and water distribution and ownership systems were discussed this week in two radically different scenarios: the World Economic Forum (WEF)...and "The Other Davos", a conference organised by the Swiss affiliate of ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens)...[refers to Godrej & Boyce, Aguas del Tunari (consortium consisting of Bechtel, Edison, Abengoa), Aguas de Illimani (part of Suez), Nestlé]