'Reclaiming Public Water' - review copy available

["Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)" <ceo at corporateeurope.org>]

Challenging widespread prejudices, 'Reclaiming Public Water' presents a
wide range of examples of how public utility reform has resulted in major
improvements in access to clean water and sanitation, not least  for the
poorest. The book is written by water  utility managers and civil society
campaigners from more than twenty  countries from around the  world.

'Reclaiming Public Water' emphazises that expansion of access to clean
water to the poorest happens against major odds, including the continued
bias against public utilities in the policies of international financial
institutions and donor governments. The book includes concrete
recommendations for creating a more enabling environment for public water
supply in developing countries.

A review copy of 'Reclaiming Public Water' is available on request.  Send
an email with your name and postal address to:  ceo at corporateeurope.org
The book is also available online at
<http://www.tni.org/books/publicwater.htm>
http://www.tni.org/books/publicwater.htm

'Reclaiming Public Water - Achievements, Struggles and Visions from
Around the World' (January 2005) is co-published by Transnational
Institute (TNI) and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).

The book covers the cities of Porto Alegre (Brazil), Santa Cruz  (Bolivia),
Olavanna (Kerala, India), Penang (Malaysia), Grenoble  (France), Bogota
(Colombia), Recife (Brazil), Cochabamba (Bolivia),  Savelugu (Ghana),
Harrismith (South Africa) and Manila (Philippines),  and also includes
overview chapters on the United States, Germany,  Argentina, Venezuela,
South Africa, Uruguay, Ukraine, Slovakia, Indonesia, and Mexico.