Geography
Campaign against water privatization just doesn't add up
IPN Opinion article
Activists at the World Water Forum in Istanbul claim water is a human right and must never be privatised (although they didn't mention food, clothing, shelter or physical security): this stridency blurs policy while two million people a year still die from bad water and sanitation - and a billion lack clean drinking water. Corrupt privatization in Cochabamba created a headline story of the evils of private supply: knowing what went wrong helps deflect the stridency and create sensible policies.
Protect Africa's artists or their music will die
IPN Opinion article
African governments must unleash the talents and abilities of their creators and entrepreneurs, including peasants, their manufacturers and their hugely popular but under-rewarded musicians.
