ghana: small victories fight back water privatisation

A conference earlier this year on water privatisation in Ghana detailed how the efforts of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) and later the Ghana National Coalition Against the Privatisation of Water, with the help of international civil society, successfully brought into the public domain the "hitherto secret, corporate-driven, World Bank-pressurised, fast-tracked, Ghana government water privatisation agenda." The conference deliberations commenced with opening remarks from Charles Abugre, Executive Director of ISODEC, who said the imposition of privatisation and the oppressive conditionalities of international finance capital continued to weigh heavily on developing countries, but that the small victories against water privatisation in Ghana and elsewhere were encouraging, and may be the forerunners to complete victory.