WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

9 THE NEOLIBERAL CONSPIRACY –THE ROLE PLAYED BY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS__147
9.1 The Pressure to Privatise – Post-War International Agreements__148
9.2 The International Monetary Fund (IMF)__150
9.3 The World Bank__151
9.4 The GATT Agreement__153
9.5 The World Trade Organisation (WTO)__153
9.6 The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)__155
9.7 The GATS Agreement__156
9.8 The TRIPS Agreement__159
9.9 What Are the Consequences__162
9.10 The European Union (EU)__163
10 THE DIMENSIONS OF WATER PRIVATISATION IN GERMANY__173
10.1 Taking Stock of Privatisation – An Alarming Balance__173
10.2 Government Strategies for the Reallocation
and Consolidation of Water Management__175
10.3 Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)__175
10.4 The German Federal Ministry
of Economics and Technology (BMWI)__178
10.5 Praise from the World Bank__180
10.6 The Privatisation of the Berliner Wasserbetriebe – with
Profits Guaranteed (Gerlinde Schermer and Sabine Finkenthei)__181
10.7 The Remunicipalisation of
Potsdam’s Water Supply (David Hachfeld)__184
10.8 Further Cases of Successful Remunicipalisation in Germany__187
10.9 The Selling-off of Lakes in Eastern Germany__189
10.10 Compulsory Connection to the Sewerage Network__193
10.11 The Anti-Privatisation Network in Germany__196
11 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND WATER POLLUTION__197
11.1 Agricultural Water Consumption__197
11.2 Agricultural Over-Fertilisation__199
11.3 Genetically-Engineered Seeds – A Threat to Our Water__203
11.4 Railway Lines__204
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