Editing Public service (section)

==Sectors==
[[File:Keskusrikospoliisi Vantaa.jpg|thumb|The [[National Bureau of Investigation (Finland)|National Bureau of Investigation]] (NBI) headquarters building in [[Tikkurila]], [[Vantaa]], [[Finland]]]]
[[File:City of Rockhampton train (Sunshine railway station, Brisbane).jpg|thumb|Trains are a public service in Australia.]]
[[File:Ghana Police Service Motorbikes.jpg|thumb|A unit of the [[Ghana Police Service]]]]

In modern [[Developed country|developed countries]], the term "public services" (or "services of general interest") often includes:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-09|title=Services of general interest|url=https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies/policy-areas/services-general-interest|access-date=2020-06-16|website=European Economic and Social Committee|language=en}}</ref>

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* [[Court|Courts]]
* [[Education]]
* [[Electricity]]
* [[Emergency service|Emergency services]]
* [[Environmental protection]]
* [[Health care]]
* [[Mail]]
* [[Military]]
*[[Policing]]
* [[Building|Public buildings]]
* [[Public broadcasting]]
* [[Public library|Public libraries]]
* [[Urban park|Public parks]]
* [[Public policy]]-making
* [[Public utility|Public utilities]]
* [[Public transport|Public transportation]]
* [[Social services]]
* [[State school]]
* [[Telecommunications]]
* [[Transportation infrastructure]]
* [[Urban planning]]
* [[Waste management]]
* [[Water supply network]]
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In [[developing country|developing countries]], public services tend to be much less well developed. For example, water services might only be available to the [[wealth]]y [[middle class]]. For [[Politics|political]] reasons, the service is often [[Subsidy|subsidized]], which reduces the finance potentially available for expansion to [[Poverty|poorer]] communities.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The United Nations [[Sustainable Development Goal 5]] is, however, a global initiative which aims to influence the provision of public services and infrastructure for marginalized demographics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender equality|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality|access-date=2020-09-23|website=UN Women|language=en}}</ref>