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| Photo by Sampo Sikiö
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Jyväskylä is the
first Finnish municipality, which has decided to part-privatize its water
services, intending to sell 30 per cent of the municipal company. What may look
as an attractive option at first sight to generate finance for the
municipality, is however a potentially highly dangerous initiative. The
experiences of water privatizations elsewhere in Europe counsel caution.
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