The water war -- Privatization -- Organization -- War -- Perspectives on the water war and the Coordinadora -- The Coordinadora by Raquel Gutiérrez-Aguilar -- The "Multitude" by Alvaro García Linera -- Interview with Luis Sánchez-Gómez -- SEMAPA: globalizing solidarity -- Our reality and our...

Introduction. Remunicipalization -- Protracted water crisis in the garden city -- What is social control? A typology of public participation -- Semapa es de los Cochabambinos: participation and social control in the Cochabamba water sector -- Participatory mechanisms beyond semapa -- Conclusion....

Limited capacity to pay, large infrastructure needs and a huge backlog in the construction of sanitation facilities make recourse to cross-subsidies and government-funded subsidies a necessity in Africa. * This Policy Insights introduces the African Economic Outlook 2007.