Public Banks, Public Water

Exploring the Links in Europe
Herausgeber: Marois, Thomas; McDonald, David A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the potential for public banks to help finance the expansion, democratization and sustainability of public water services in Europe, with implications for public water financing elsewhere in the world. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Water International.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781032382777
• ISBN-10: 1032382775
• Artikelnr.: 66691918

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe 2. Untapping
the sustainable water bank's public financing for Dutch drinking water
companies 3. Squeezed by austerity and pressured to recover costs:
Portugal's municipal water operators in need of public bank finance 4.
Public water without (public) financial mediation? Remunicipalizing water
in Valladolid, Spain 5. Public banks and the remunicipalization of water
services in Paris 6. 'No one can compete since no one dares to lend more
cheaply!': Turkey's Ilbank and public water finance 7. Boldly boring:
public banks and public water in the Nordic region 8. Between development
and banking: the KfW Development Bank in Latin America's water sector 9.
The European Investment Bank and its role in financing public water
Conclusion: Copper bullets and the future of public banks and public water
in Europe