Minding the undertow : assessing water “privatization” in Cuba
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2010
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John Wiley & Sons
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It is not entirely obvious whether the Cuban state required a private partner to manage the water supply in Havana—particularly one so closely tied to a major hotel operator in the tourism sector in the country. Nor is it clear that this joint venture was an attempt to maintain socialism under a new managerial rubric. Largely associated with the neoliberalization of the world economy, it comes as a surprise to many that the socialist government of Cuba signed a 25-year contract with a Spanish multinational in 2000 to manage the supply of water in Havana.
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WATER, PRIVATIZATION, CUBA, SOCIALISM, COMMODIFICATION, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WATER POLICY