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Muslim MEP: listen to the views of the Global South PDF Print E-mail
Written by Claire Tully   
Wednesday, 03 May 2006
Syed Kamall MEP, a Muslim Member of the European Parliament representing London, has called for international development policy to take greater note of the views of those living in the Global South. Speaking at a recent event on development in Westminster, he attacked the “imperialism” of some in the development community who place their own Islington prejudices above the needs of those living in developing countries.

He was particularly critical of those who have opposed much needed private sector investment in developing country water systems, saying that people he had spoken to in developing countries were fed up with state mismanagement which often mean they had to spend many times the price they now had to thanks to the private sector. His experiences concurs with the view of the Globalisation Institute recent report on private sector investment in developing countries, Water for Life.

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