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MSR Multistakeholder Review
Study intended to evaluate experiences with water privatisation at international level; initiated by
various stakeholders such as BMZ, GTZ, RWE and others; strong, but hidden, privatisation agenda.
MST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra
(Brazilian Movement of Landless People) One of the largest NGOs worldwide; fights for the use of
fallow ground.
MTBE methyl tertiary-butyl ether
Fuel additive; substitute for lead additives; increases the anti-knock quality of the fuel, i.e.
improves the petrol’s octane rating; highly soluble in water; causes severe ground water
contamination.
MWB Municipal Water Board
MWC Manila Water Company
Supplies water to the Western part of Manila.
MWSD Montara Water & Sanitation District
Municipal successor organisation to Cal-Am´s private water-delivery service; a municipal water
board, which includes Montara citizens; oversees water services for the district. Montara’s water
supply system is shared with neighbouring Moss Beach, a total combined population of 5,000.
MWSI Maynilad Water Services Inc.
Supplies water to the Western part of Manila.
MWSS Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Systems
Regulatory authorities for the water supply in Manila, Philippines.
NABU Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.
Large umbrella organisation for German nature-protection groups.
NABARD National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(India)
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
Signed between the USA, Canada and Mexico in 1994.
NAM Non-Aligned Movement
Founded in 1955, in Bandung, Indonesia by many heads of state; very important initiative against
war and the use of atomic weapons; floundered due to opposition from the superpowers.
NAP Networking Against Privatisation
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Military alliance of European and North American states, founded in 1949.
NBA Narmada Bachao Andolan
Citizens’ movement opposing the construction of large dams in India.
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Scientific agency within the U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m e r c e , focused on the conditions
of the o c e a n s and the a t m o s p h e r e .
NREA New and Renewable Energy Authority (Cairo, Egypt)
NRO Nicht-RegierungsOrganisation (NGO)
OAS Organisation of American States
The OAS or, as it is known in the three other languages, OEA, is an international organisation,
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