tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post150410062102237109..comments2024-02-29T13:16:33.706+05:30Comments on Bolii | बोली | భాష | Language | Lingvo: Schooling crisis in Indiaगिरिधर | giridhar | గిరిధర్http://www.blogger.com/profile/00964919802142337619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post-14504284879108294902023-09-09T17:40:51.678+05:302023-09-09T17:40:51.678+05:30Very creatiive postVery creatiive postDimitrovskihttps://sdimitrovski.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post-24246556717731299452009-12-20T03:46:39.596+05:302009-12-20T03:46:39.596+05:30The Frontline article is to be found hereThe <i>Frontline</i> article is to be found <a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2606/stories/20090327260608800.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>गिरिधर | giridhar | గిరిధర్https://www.blogger.com/profile/00964919802142337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post-51216092784638782902009-03-24T14:36:00.000+05:302009-03-24T14:36:00.000+05:30Incidentally, the authors have pubished a longer v...Incidentally, the authors have pubished a longer version of this essay in the <A HREF="http://www.flonnet.com/stories/20090327260608800.htm" REL="nofollow">current issue of Frontline</A> (14-27 Mar 2009).<BR/><BR/>And I've <A HREF="http://www.ipernity.com/blog/30108/138279" REL="nofollow">just blogged about it</A> in my Esperanto blog! :-)गिरिधर | giridhar | గిరిధర్https://www.blogger.com/profile/00964919802142337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post-21850015961679383262009-03-10T15:39:00.000+05:302009-03-10T15:39:00.000+05:30BasabPublic-private partnerships - the World Bank'...Basab<BR/><BR/>Public-private partnerships - the World Bank's mantra - seems unlikely to succeed where there's "significant amount of social responsibility associated with service delivery", as one critic puts it.<BR/><BR/>"The irony is that PPPs are faltering in infrastructure, the very area that the Bank claims PPPs have been the strongest.... However, private companies are growing hesitant to enter into PPPs, and this is only partly due to the global financial meltdown. At least in sectors like water where there is significant amount of social responsibility associated with service delivery, the private sector is reluctant to come in, as it is seen as being unprofitable. In spite of the poor record of privatisation to deliver services like water to the weaker sections of the society and its vulnerable members like small and marginal farmers, the Bank [wants] to push the PPPs in more and more sensitive sectors."<BR/><BR/>The above is from Shripad Dharmadhikary's critique of the Bank's claims to expertise here: <A HREF="http://www.indiatogether.org/2009/feb/eco-casmore.htm" REL="nofollow">http://www.indiatogether.org/2009/feb/eco-casmore.htm</A><BR/><BR/>And a more specific indictment is of the Bank's PPP initiatives in the water sector here: <A HREF="http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/oct/opi-wbank.htm" REL="nofollow">http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/oct/opi-wbank.htm</A><BR/><BR/>"Interestingly, almost all the projects that the Bank presented as successes in the Water Sector Review 1998 and used to justify introduction of privatisation in India subsequently collapsed and the private players exited - Trinidad in 1999, Manila (West) in 2002, Puerto Rico in 2003, Buenos Aries in 2005."<BR/><BR/>I can't see how a PPP can succeed.गिरिधर | giridhar | గిరిధర్https://www.blogger.com/profile/00964919802142337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028220025584012684.post-73141288388175737472009-02-27T07:28:00.000+05:302009-02-27T07:28:00.000+05:30Giri,The Hindu article in most parts is quite enco...Giri,<BR/><BR/>The Hindu article in most parts is quite encouraging, notwithstanding the deficiencies pointed with the quality of education being received.<BR/><BR/>To me it is plain that public schools funded by the state government is a must to make universal education possible. The problem is that funds routed through government channels is widely misappropriated. I wonder if there is some public-private partnership that can make this happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com