Water privatization

Pledge Against Water Privatization The World Bank has predicted that by 2025, more than half of the population will start running out of drinking water. When such numbers are presented as cold facts to the population, non-action is becoming less and less an option. This gloomy prediction however, is not unanimously seen as bad news; in fact, this impending doom is seen as a valuable business opportunity for numerous multinational business who are trying to monetize the misery of water starving…

Water should not be privatized because privatization leads to rate increases, privatization undermines water quality, and reduces local control and public rights. Water privatization is when water is chosen to be private property which will cost, or the water will be for public use and will not cost. If it's private the companies will clean the water, and if it's public then the consumer must clean the water itself. Water Should not be privatized because it leads to a rate increase. Among the…

In recent discussions of the water crises of Flint, MI, a controversial issue has been a decision whether water privatization or public utilities are better for the well-being. The people in Flint, MI have experienced an extreme discomfort of the over excessive amount of lead in their own homes. In fact, Elected officials have denied for over a year that the city's water was contaminated with lead, however, they finally admitted that the water wasn't safe in September 2015. CNN News reports that…

conditions on one of its loans to Bolivia for a major water and sewage rehabilitation program for two out of three cities. One of the conditions was to privatize the municipal water utilities. Aguas del Tunaria, was the private consortium of international firms that purchased the municipal utility for Cochabamba and assisted in funding the…

misapplication of the market regulated principle is the massive privatization of water by companies is the waters provided in Mexico. The water costs more than Coca-Cola. Dasani which is a water bottle is sold for 46 cents and Coca-Cola is sold for 26 cents. This situation occurred because Vicente Fox who is the former President of Mexico used to be the general manager of Coca-Cola in Latin America, so Coca-Cola received one of the largest amount of water in Latin America when Fox was in…

What is Privatization? There are many definitions that you can find for privatization, and there are many positive and negative emotions that this word brings about. Parents, students, and especially educators are blinded to the impact of what privatization can have on the education of our society. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is to remove (something) from government control and place it in private control or ownership. In other words change the ownership from public to…

PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS DECLINING-AN HOUR OF CONCERN INTRODUCTION Unionization of employees, employers and organizations can be seen in almost every country of the world, including Canada. Worker unions not only ensured better wages and adequate work hours but also ensured safe working environments and better social life of the workers. Unions offer a ray of hope and support for every worker whenever any misconduct occurs with the workers. Surprisingly, at present, the overall trend of…

Introduction Private health care is known in Canada as care that is funded by private sources or by the patient themselves (DeCoster and Brownell 301). There are many different perspectives on whether or not Canada should privatize their health care system. In a situation like this, it must be taken into account what is best in the country’s eyes, and not the perspective of an individual or a single community (Uplekar 898). Quality health care is a concern for many people. In order for a health…

Since 1948, Myanmar has already established anti-corruption laws related to building integrity, but these laws have rarely been enforced and there has been any effective prosecution for the abuse of office (Chêne, 2012). When the civilian government came to office, it has undertaken significant legislative reforms including requiring all government officials to publicly declare their assets (Morrell, 2012). The 2008 Constitution also requires that the government submit the draft budget to the…

100% private proves unrealistic and politically unfeasible. A partial privatization of social security would solve many problems and maintain the basic structure of social security. This would “allow workers to manage their own retirement funds through personal investment accounts (Zogby, Bonacci, Bruce, Daley, & Whittman, 2003, p. 3) chosen from a “large list of funds approved by the government” (Feldstein, 2011). Privatization of social security will allow individuals to transfer the 6.2%…