03.12.205 | DIE, UNU et al: Water Lecture: Privatising water services? Pros and Cons from the real world (Reminder)

The German German Development Institute cordially invites to its next Water Lecture, to be held on Thursday, December 3rd, 5:30 pm at the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Together with a renowned expert on the topic, we will discuss the hot issue of

Privatising water services? Pros and Cons from the real world

Private companies have been involved in the provision of drinking water services in various forms in OECD and in developing countries. Are they the ‘heroes’ helping to overcome bad performance of public service providers while financing urgently needed investments in infrastructure where governments fall short? Or are they the ‘villains’ whose quest for higher profit inevitably leads to rising prices for the consumers and lacking care for water quality and infrastructure maintenance?

Drawing on a number of case studies around the world, Manuel Schiffler (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, KfW) will present his empirical findings on these questions. He has recently published his book “Water, Politics and Money: A reality check on privatization”. Annabelle Houdret (German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DIE) and Manuel Schiffler will then discuss the pros, cons and the future of public and private sector involvement in drinking water services.

The debate will be followed by a reception.

About the Water Lecture

The Water Lecture series is a joint series organized by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the Hydrological Research Group at the Geography Department (University of Bonn), the Global Water System Project (GWSP), the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), the United Nations University (UNU) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE )in Bonn.

Source: Notification from DIE from 11.11.2015

The German German Development Institute cordially invites to its next Water Lecture, to be held on Thursday, December 3rd, 5:30 pm at the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Together with a renowned expert on the topic, we will discuss the hot issue of

Privatising water services? Pros and Cons from the real world

Private companies have been involved in the provision of drinking water services in various forms in OECD and in developing countries. Are they the ‘heroes’ helping to overcome bad performance of public service providers while financing urgently needed investments in infrastructure where governments fall short? Or are they the ‘villains’ whose quest for higher profit inevitably leads to rising prices for the consumers and lacking care for water quality and infrastructure maintenance?

Drawing on a number of case studies around the world, Manuel Schiffler (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, KfW) will present his empirical findings on these questions. He has recently published his book “Water, Politics and Money: A reality check on privatization”. Annabelle Houdret (German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DIE) and Manuel Schiffler will then discuss the pros, cons and the future of public and private sector involvement in drinking water services.

The debate will be followed by a reception.

About the Water Lecture

The Water Lecture series is a joint series organized by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the Hydrological Research Group at the Geography Department (University of Bonn), the Global Water System Project (GWSP), the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), the United Nations University (UNU) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE )in Bonn.

Source: Notification from DIE from 11.11.2015