Turning Water into a Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent (First Edition)

By: Christiane Tristl

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Synopsis: Pay-as-you-go water dispensers are used in many areas in the Global South, particularly those that are ‘off-grid’. This book examines the increasing influence of private corporations and philanthrocapitalist principles in development cooperation in the SDG-era by focusing on water supply to the inhabitants of rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya. The book explores how private sector approaches and digital technologies open up remote regions to permanent arrangements of transnational market-based water supply beyond state sovereignty, which define their users as paying customers. Considering these technological solutions alongside socio-political realities and local knowledge, it offers a nuanced perspective on the promises and limitations of market-based interventions in the water sector.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781529245486
Related ISBNs:: 9781529245479, 9781529245493, 9781529245509
Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/31/25
Copyrighted By:: Bristol University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.