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Year : 2020, Volume : 24, Issue : 3
First page : ( 130) Last page : ( 141)
Print ISSN : 0971-8052. Online ISSN : 0974-0937. Published online : 2020  16.

The privatisation of water in developing countries the influence of transnational actors

Naziz Arjuman

Abstract

This paper analyses the extent to which transnational actors (TNAs) exert influence on local policies to privatise water services. The record of the privatisation of water is a mixed one. Both transnational corporations and transnational policy networks are strong actors. However, they have mostly influenced state governments through the implementation of World Bank agendas. Interestingly, in spite of strong pressure from the World Bank and persuasion by TNAs, the privatisation of water services has failed in several African countries in the face of unrelenting resistance from local actors. While a conclusion cannot be drawn from a single policy area or a few selected country cases, this paper argues that the influence of TNAs is often overestimated. In the case of water privatisation, the general perception of water as a free natural resource, easily available to a community, plays a key role in the resistance against TNAs.

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