Ghana: Let Not the Bank Toy With Our Water!

1 September 2011

The World Bank would want us believe that it is committed to good democratic governance, yet the same Bank, through its Country Assistance Strategies and actions arising thereof often undermines the sovereign will of the people and short circuits due democratic processes in partner countries, especially in the developing world.

The Public Agenda front page story captures how a recent advert placed in the Daily Graphic by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, calling for the expression of interest in the provisioning of consultancy services and support in negotiating a public-private-partnership for bulk water supply under a 'design, build, finance, operate, and transfer arrangement' undermines an earlier announcement by the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, to the effect that a new company, a subsidiary of Ghana Water has been set up to provide urban water management services. According to the advert, the consultancy will be funded through an IDA credit facility.

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