{"product_id":"corporate-capture-of-development-9781350296688","title":"Corporate Capture of Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublic-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have gained a renewed momentum in recent years, and have come to be viewed by governments and funders alike as a silver bullet for infrastructure development and public service provision. Critiques of the corporate capture of development are well established, yet until now the urgent question of the impacts of PPPs on women's human rights around the world has remained under-explored.     This open access book aims to fill the gap, providing new insights from a set of case studies from across the Global South. Bringing an intersectional feminist approach to PPPs, these cases enable analysis that can inform advocacy and activism, whilst challenging dominant narratives and resisting the negative impacts of PPPs on women and historically marginalized communities' human rights. Widely advocating for stronger regulatory frameworks and institutions, and indicating how changes could be implemented, the examples analysed cover a range of sectors including heal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst the background of the structural challenges that states face to finance economic and social infrastructure and the provision of social services, DAWN has produced a timely and hugely important contribution that addresses the promotion of public private partnerships from an intersectional feminist perspective. It offers compelling evidence that help us understand how and why PPPs too often negatively affect women’s human rights. As a relevant player in the field of women’s rights, DAWN is filling a knowledge gap to strengthen the struggle for democratic development and the feminist resistance against global corporate capture. * María José Romero, European Network on Debt and Development *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Corina Rodríguez Enríquez and Masaya Llavaneras Blanco  Part One: The Narrative, Political and Economic Environment of PPPs in The Global South  Chapter 1: Medical Equipment Leasing in Kenya: A Call for Pan African Feminist Resistance to Neo-Colonial Financial Models by Crystal Simeoni \u0026amp; Wangari Kinoti  Chapter 2: PPPs Meet the Developmental State: The Case of Ethiopia by Netsanet Gebremichael  Part Two: Normative and Institutional Labyrinth  Chapter 3: PPPs, Corporate Responsibility and Women’s Human Rights in Senegal’s Finance for Development Model: The Case of the Dakar-Diamniadio Motorway by Marème Ndoye  Chapter 4: Opaque Practices and Substandard Health Service Delivery: The Case of La Red Asistencial Sabogal De Essalud In Peru by Bethsabé Andia Perez  Part Three: PPPs, Women’s Human Rights and Social Resistances at Regional and State and Provincial Level in the Global South  Chapter 5: PPPs in the Isthmus of Tehuantec Corridor: Megaprojects, Opacity and Women’s Resistance by Isabel Clavijo  Chapter 6: PPPs in Publicly-Funded Health Insurance Schemes: The Case of PMJAY in India, or How Women Bear the Brunt while the Private Sector Expands by Sulakshana Nandi  Chapter 7: PPPs in Agro-Energy and Their Impact on Women’s Rights: The case of Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone Ltd by Hussainatu Abdullah  Part Four: PPPs, Women’s Human Rights and Social Resistances at Local and Micro Level in the Global South  Chapter 8: A Feminist Human Rights Approach to Ghana’s PPPs Public Markets: The Case of the Dome Market by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey and Syliva Ohene Marfo  Chapter 9: PPPs in the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Zimbabwe: Institutional Precarities and Piecemeal Solutions by Nyasha Masuka  Chapter 10: Unhealthy partnerships: PPPs in Fiji’s Lautoka and Ba Hospitals by Lice Cokanasiga  Part Five: Different Regions, Same Patterns: Common Challenges and Common Hopes  Conclusion: The Risks of PPPs and the Need to Rebuild Public Responsibility on Social Provisioning by Corina Rodríguez Enríquez and Masaya Llavaneras Blanco","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039334990167,"sku":"9781350296688","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350296688.jpg?v=1750943362","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/corporate-capture-of-development-9781350296688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}