WASH Governance NewsWater, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) news on governance in developing countriesSmall-scale providers: success story highlights the need for cheap and accessible financing, Philippines- July 4, 2008 Elsa D. Mejia is General Manager of the Inpart Waterworks and Development Company (IWADCO), a family enterprise that started as a small construction company specializing in the production of water tanks for small towns and municipalities in and around Metro Manila, Philippines. During the 1990s, IWADCO (then known as Inpart Engineering) invested US$350,000 over a 5-year ...http://washlessons.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/small-scale-providers-success-story-highlights... Food & Water Watch releases Biwater brief- July 4, 2008 US consumer and anti-water privatisation activist group, Food &38; Water Watch, has released a new brief on water multinational Biwater in its corporate profile series. This brief details the &8220;failures&8221; of Biwater&8217;s global activity, giving particular reference to the recent Initial Public Offering (IPO) of their Cascal subsidiary. It provides a summary of Biwater&8217;s ...http://washresources.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/food-water-watch-releases-biwater-brief/ |