1st Edition
Public Banks, Public Water Exploring the Links in Europe
1. Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe
Thomas Marois and David A. McDonald
2. Untapping the sustainable water bank’s public financing for Dutch drinking water companies
Klaas Schwartz and Thomas Marois
3. Squeezed by austerity and pressured to recover costs: Portugal’s municipal water operators in need of public bank finance
Victoria Stadheim
4. Public water without (public) financial mediation? Remunicipalizing water in Valladolid, Spain
Jorge Garcia-Arias, Hug March, Nuria Alonso and Mar Satorras
5. Public banks and the remunicipalization of water services in Paris
Olivier Butzbach and Susan Spronk
6. ‘No one can compete since no one dares to lend more cheaply!’: Turkey’s Ilbank and public water finance
Ali Rıza Güngen
7. Boldly boring: public banks and public water in the Nordic region
Petri S. Juuti, Riikka P. Juuti and David A. McDonald
8. Between development and banking: the KfW Development Bank in Latin America’s water sector
Nadine Reis
9. The European Investment Bank and its role in financing public water
Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes and Helen Kavvadia
Conclusion: Copper bullets and the future of public banks and public water in Europe
David A McDonald and Thomas Marois
Biography
Thomas Marois is Reader in Development Studies at the SOAS University of London, UK, who specializes in political economy. Thomas is a world-leading researcher on public banks and the financing of green and just transitions in ways that bridge north/south divides.
David A. McDonald is Professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, and Director of the Municipal Services Project. His research revolves around debates over public versus private service delivery but encompass a broad spectrum of related questions on urbanization, environmental justice, and uneven development.
