Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Remunicipalisation, Deprivatization

Remunicipalization, Deprivatization A new social movement is sweeping Europe. It is a movement of  local governments and civil-society groups calling for the “remunicipalization” of public services, meaning the return to government control of essential public services that were privatized in the 1980s-2000s due to the then dominant neoliberal thinking that such services are better handled by the private sector. These services include water distribution, waste collection, energy and electricity management, transport, education, health care and social work, infrastructure development, and a host of other local government services. "

Read the full article at https://businessmirror.com.ph/remunicipalization-deprivatization/

References to privatisation, private public partnerships ( PPP) , PSI and more an excellent  article well worth reading and passing on .... it also includes a number of references and examples of  "remunicipalisation" including electricity, water , waste collection ...from Europe to Asia