Reclaiming public services for people and planet
Explore our curated cases and metrics to help advocates and policymakers make evidence-based decisions and bring essential services back into public ownership.

Local governments and communities around the globe are increasingly confronted with the cost of privatisation.

Essential services and infrastructure providing vital necessities such as water, energy, housing, health care or transport, transport, healthcare and other essential services and infrastructures are being brought back into public ownership across the globe.
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Before the Public Futures database was established, we had no way of seeing the big picture.

By collecting and verifying cases of de-privatisation, Public Futures enables the global pro-public movement to quantify what is happening and where.
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77Countries around the world
92Diverse essential services for people and planet

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