Lobina, Emanuele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4774-0308 (2025) The delusional economics of water: a critique of the global commission on the economics of water. In: Seminar: “Politicas públicas y justicia hídrica ante la finanziarización del agua”, organised by Red Agua Pública, 24th March, 2025, Spanish Parliament, Madrid. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The keynote presented the Draft Zero of a PSIRU Report (on the recommendations of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water) at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid (24th March 2025). The PSIRU Report, co-authored with PhD student Conor Gray, is jointly commissioned by the global trade union confederation Public Services International and the Spanish association of public water operators AEOPAS. The event was hosted by the Spanish political party SUMAR and organised by civil society organisation Red Agua Pública. Other keynote speakers included the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, Professor Pedro Arrojo-Agudo.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Keynote)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	water supply and sanitation; Global North; Global South; human rights to water and sanitation; financialisation; privatisation; PPPs; sustainable water development; SDG6; public sector alternative
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) Journal of Economic Literature Classification > Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) Greenwich Business School > Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) > Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) Journal of Economic Literature Classification > Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) > Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) Greenwich Business School > School of Business, Operations and Strategy
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	06 May 2025 11:50
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50315

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