Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Privatisation of development finance for public services delivery by the UK Government and the impact on the rights of poor women in developing countries by Jane Lethbridge

http://www.psiru.org/reports/privatisation-development-finance-public-services-delivery-uk-government-and-impact-rights-p This report shows how public-private partnerships (PPPs) and other forms of large-scale development finance schemes promoted by DFID, which involve the transfer of public service provision to the private sector, are impacting negatively on poor women in terms of their unpaid work, influence in decision making and access to decent work.  The report is available here or http://www.psiru.org/reports/privatisation-development-finance-public-services-delivery-uk-government-and-impact-rights-p

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