2003/06/30
German Social Watch Report 2003 launched in Berlin
Social Watch
The German edition of the 2003 Social Watch Report was launched at a press conference in Berlin on June 25, 2003.
The Report “The
Poor and the Market" focuses on the access of the poor to essential services
(education, water, health etc.) without which the Millennium Development Goals
agreed upon by the Heads of State in 2000 will not be fulfilled. In particular,
it describes the various negative effects of the privatisation of essential
services all over the world.
The German
edition contains parts of the international Social Watch Report, including the
tables and a summary of the 52 country reports. In addition, several articles
focus on the specific situation in Germany, in particular privatisation trends
in the social security system, public-private-partnerships in German development
policy, and a critique of the German GATS-policy.
This year’s
report is the third Social Watch Report published by Social Watch Germany, a
broad coalition of development NGOs, social welfare organisations, trade unions
and political foundations.
See or download
the Social Watch Deutschland Report 2003 / NR. 3:
"Die
Armen und der Markt"
For further
information contact:
Jens Martens
WEED
World Economy, Ecology & Development Assoc.
Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz 13
D-53111 Bonn
Germany
Tel.
+49-228-7661312
Fax: +49-228-696470
e-mail:
jens.martens@weed-online.org
Internet: http://www.weed-online.org
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