Governments around the world are finding that they cannot meet pressing environmental problems alone. Nor can they compel the private sector to take all the necessary actions. Increasingly, they are looking to partnerships with businesses, NGOs, and communities as a tool for improving environmental performance in many different sectors and contexts. Many of these partnerships are in the urban water sector. Private involvement in water is particularly controversial, however, raising fundamental issues about the roles of governments, businesses, and civil society in meeting basic human and environmental needs. In collaboration with the U.N. Development Program and universities around the world, this seminar explores the fundamentals of partnerships as a policy tool, as well as the opportunities and limits of its application in the urban water sector. Limited enrollment. Taught alternate years.
i fainted there for a minute, but i'm back... still a little flushed though i have to admit...
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