Re: [PEN-L] Ghana water privatisation

2005-01-25 Thread soula avramidis
These are abridged notes about an FDI reprot on Ghana in 2002. Look towards the end.   1.  It appears that although Ghanian per capita GDP dropped by about a third the numbers of people in poverty declined. The national poverty line dropped from 40% to 31%. It is also evident that 

Re: [PEN-L] Ghana water privatisation

2005-01-25 Thread Patrick Bond
- Original Message - From: "Chris Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone know how well founded this campaign is. In my view, it's one of the hottest water fights underway anywhere in the world (alongside Bolivia, Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, Uruguay, Indonesia). One key leader, R

[PEN-L] Ghana water privatisation

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Burford
Does anyone know how well founded this campaign is. WDM, World Development Movement, is a well organised campaigning non-charity that came out of Oxfam and it has had some legal and political successes. But I am wondering whether to send it to a Quaker friend of mine, who has just come back from Gh