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Down the Drain: aiding privatisation

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The Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), funded by the tax payer, promtes privatisation as a way of extending access to clean water and sanitation across the developing world. This media briefing, jointly produced by CEO, Friends of the Earth International, FIVAS, TNI and the World Development Movement, looks at the impact it has had. Media briefing on the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and its role in promoting water privatisation.
The Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), funded by the tax payer, promtes privatisation as a way of extending access to clean water and sanitation across the developing world. This media briefing, jointly produced by CEO, Friends of the Earth International, FIVAS, TNI and the World Development Movement, looks at the impact it has had.
 

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