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This chapter aims to introduce the discussion on the emergence of privatization in the water sector and subsequent weakening of the state institution, both developments being unsuitable from human rights perspective. Through illustrative examples, it is contended that the current water crisis is not a result of a physical water shortage but wrong political decisions. It further argues that privatization of water utilities is also a political decision which has been vehemently opposed in recent times with the result that public sector is being increasingly reinstated in the process of operation and management of water utilities.
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Gustafsson, JE. (2016). Achieving Clean Water to All Is a Question of Politics. In: Singh, N. (eds) The Human Right to Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40286-4_9
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