Flagship water privatisation fails in Tanzania
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hearafrica05/story/0,15756,1491600,00.html
UK firm's contract cancelled amid row over supply
John Vidal in Dar es Salaam
Wednesday May 25, 2005
The Guardian
A flagship water privatisation scheme for Africa has collapsed amid
claims that the British company involved has failed to improve the
supply for millions of people.
Tanzania's government yesterday confirmed it had cancelled its deal
with Biwater, which was contracted two years ago to bring clean water
to the capital, Dar es Salaam, and the surrounding region within five
years by installing new pipes.
The $140m (=A376.5m) World Bank-funded privatisation scheme - which was
supported by the UK government - was one of the most ambitious in
Africa and was intended to be a model for how the world's poorest
communities could be lifted out of poverty and countries could meet
their millennium development goal targets.
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