Privatization
Privatization (or privatisation in British English) can mean different things including moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes less regulated. Government functions and services may also be privatised (which may also be known as "franchising" or "out-sourcing"); in this case, private entities are tasked with the implementation of government programs or performance of government services that had previously been the purview of state-run agencies. Some examples include revenue collection, law enforcement, water supply, and prison management.Another definition is …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
associated resources, commercialization and privatization of water and biodiversity, and Concerned about … transfer; b. Stop the unbridled expansion of privatization of public services, ensure education and health … cash transfer; b. The unbridled expansion of privatization of education and health is a serious drain on … Research and Development and Extension a. Stop privatization of public sector research, extension and education … cooperatives and act against the government-initiated privatization of data and network systems under implementation …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
Becoming a Young Farmer with the subtitle Young People’s Pathways into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia is a collection of research papers published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024 and …
2014. Young perspectives on pastoral rangeland privatization: Intimate exclusions at the intersection of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
Since the year 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people have become poorer. Published by Oxfam International, …
concerns about poor and even tragic outcomes.65 Privatization can drive and reinforce inequalities in vital … to access good healthcare and education.66 Privatization can also drive inequalities on the basis of … democratize intellectual property; stop the privatization of public utilities; and revive greater public … OF MONOPOLY POWER 41 realization of rights. Privatization arrangements, which vary by sector, now reach … services can be considered a type of de facto privatization, as service users must turn to the private …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 January 2023 English
This report was published by Oxfam International, UK, on January 16, 2023. It was written by Martin-Brehm Christensen, Christian Hallum, Alex Maitland, Quentin Parrinello and Chiara Putaturo –researchers working with …
in their favour, including on labour laws, privatization of public assets, CEO compensation and much …
LC: Library of Congress · 2023 English
"LL File No. 2023-022255." "June 2023." "Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, …
and non-EFTA countries for the purposes of privatization under Law 3986/2011 requires a special approval …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2022 English
impact of such inequality on the daily lives of the people and the impact of profiteering and privatization in digital industries. The report states that digital inequalities are “reproducing themselves …
Education 25 Health 27 Financial Inclusion 29 Privatization in the Tech Space 31 The Way Forward and Recommendations … It also examines issues of profiteering and privatization in digitalization. This section is guided by … of billionaires? • What is the extent of privatization in technology and how has this impacted the … penetration in the country in an inclusive manner. PRIVATIZATION IN THE TECH SPACE On the 75th Independence Day …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 October 2022 English
The Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index aims to monitor government policies and actions towards the goal of reducing inequality. The first CRI Index report was published in 2017 by …
they are free at the point of use, reverse privatization policies, and make contributions to contributory …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 January 2022 English
The UK-based organisation Oxfam International published this briefing paper concerning the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on January 17, 2022. The paper was written by Nabil Ahmed, Head of …
entities,29 a surge in monopoly power,30 and privatization,31 alongside the erosion of individual corporate … which the rich and powerful double down on the privatization of vaccines with self-defeating greed, allowing … states have universal healthcare systems, privatization has debilitated countries’ ability to respond … At the same time, in the face of increasing privatization of health and care services, women across the … the liberalization of labor markets and the privatization of the public good, and an obsessive pursuit …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 January 2022 English
and the tax pandemic for India’s poor (section 2); Deprioritizing social spending (section 3); Privatization of public goods (section 4); Getting an expensive education (section 5); Receiving high cost healthcare …
LC: Library of Congress · 2022 English
"Seed Activism is an ethnography of court challenges to corporate intellectual property (IP) rights and practices in Brazil and India. Based on a wealth of interviews with a diverse range …
evolved hand- in- hand with the increasing privatization of seeds and the consolidation of a global … the first enclosure movement involved the privatization and fencing of formerly common land and the … extension of IP rights over seeds represents the privatization of seeds as well as the extinction of ancestral … reliance on agricultural biotechnology, the privatization of agricultural research, and the creation … governments favorable to market- friendly policies, privatization, and foreign investment. In Brazil, the return …