ghana: conflict over water privatization rising to a boil

For almost a decade, the World Bank has been pressuring Ghana to privatize its public water system, or to enable some form of "private sector participation" in the water system. Ghana is, of course, not unique in this regard. Over the same period, people throughout the Global South have witnessed World Bank and corporate schemes to wrest control of now-public water systems and deliver them into private hands. Ghana has been one of the hottest flashpoints in the conflict between the people and the Water Barons. There, the National Coalition Against the Privatization of Water (NCAP of Water) has aggressively opposed Bank-advocated privatization proposals.