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Breaking the deadlock in Bulgarian water PPPs Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

Bulgaria’s battle to get a second water PPP off the ground has been dogged with setbacks. What are the prospects for success this time around?

Gaza holding out for desal funding Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

The Palestinian Water Authority is having some success procuring small desal and reuse projects in Gaza. Avoiding a water crisis will still rely on the success of a large-scale desalination project.

IFC lines up $100m investment in Kharafi National Vol 12, Issue 12 (December 2011)

The private investment wing of the World Bank is backing the Kuwaiti developer and operator. The move is also a vote of confidence in the development opportunities on offer in Africa

Wringing the revenue from NRW Vol 12, Issue 12 (December 2011)

Water loss reduction has become a profitable business in Asia. Companies are looking for a slice of this $7 billion-a year pie.

A double dip for new contract gains Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

David Lloyd Owen reviews the new edition of the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook and finds difficult financial markets make it an unlucky thirteenth for the private sector.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

* Omar Al Wahaibi, the chief executive of Haya Water, has left the Muscat wastewater controller to join Oman’s Electricity Holding Company.

Vietnam set to lay its PPP ghosts to rest Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

The Vietnamese government is selecting pilot projects for its new PPP programme. Full-scale implementation is still some way off, as GWI’s Olivia Jensen and Rama Rastogi discover.

Planners give go-ahead for Beirut supply scheme Vol 12, Issue 10 (October 2011)

After years of complaints and delays, a $370 million water treatment and transmission project could be set to finally go out to tender.

WWTP opening boosts foreign hopes in Iran Vol 12, Issue 5 (May 2011)

The huge wastewater treatment plant recently completed in South Tehran did not mark a national financial change, as its backers hoped. Despite the difficult financial history, the project can now serve as a model for the future.

South Sudan faces up to its water challenge Vol 12, Issue 3 (March 2011)

The world’s newest economy will need to address basic infrastructure needs before it can begin to grow. Richard Nield reports from Juba.