Jan Swasthya Abhiyan convention calls for universalisation of health care for all © RajeevChaudhury, 2012
Questioning corporatization

Researchers, activists and practitioners are asking whether public services can run on private sector principles. Is ‘new public management’ a trap?

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Informal settlement with makeshift electricity provision in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa ©David McDonald

Celebrating public alternatives

We develop new concepts and research methods in the study of alternatives to privatization to advocate for energy, health and water policy change.

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A specialized AySA team is removing an old valve in Rivadavia y Libertad, Barrio de congreso, Buenos Aires, August 2012 © AySA
Water remunicipalisation works!

After the failures of privatization, municipalities worldwide are taking back public control of their water systems and democratizing services

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May 9, 2013
Call for papers & panels. Present original research on alternatives to privatization and the provision of public services in the global South, to be presented at an international conference from April 13-16, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa.
April 23, 2013
Gender justice and public water for all: Insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our new paper maps gender-water relations and unearths women’s struggles for access to clean and safe water in Korail slum. A majority desire public water because it holds the promise of access for all at a more affordable cost, underscoring the importance of integrating a gendered perspective in debates on alternatives to privatization.
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May 17, 2013
Health for All in India: Public, not “packaged” . As world leaders prepare to gather for the 66th World Health Assembly on May 20, social movements are questioning the market-friendly version of universal health coverage it is promoting. One organization, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, is denouncing India’s emulation of this UHC strategy, which uncritically endorses the private medical sector and focuses on health insurance schemes.
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