Books

Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South: Financing Options for Sustainable Development

Author:

Thomas Marois, David A. McDonald, Susan Spronk (eds)

Year:

2025

Publisher:

Routledge

Number of pages:

268

Available languages:

ISBN:

9781032758169

Available Formats:

PDF (EN)

Abstract

Many public banks have an explicit mandate to finance public water management, yet despite a resurgence of interest in public banks and the role they can play in sustainable development, their role in funding water management has been largely ignored. Drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book measures the scale and nature of interaction between public banks and public water operators for the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation. It identifies challenges and opportunities for deeper engagement between public banks and public water operators in the Global South and highlights promising practices, showcasing how these might be transferred to different regions and different sectors. Each case study is based on in-depth interviews with public banks that have funded public water operators, and public water operators that have borrowed from public banks, including Banco Popular in Costa Rica, the Development Bank of the Philippines, the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development in India and the TIB Development Bank in Tanzania. Overall, this book provides a critical analysis of the potential of public banks to address global water security issues.

Chapter 1
Introduction: Public banks and public water services in the Global South
DAVID A. MCDONALD, THOMAS MAROIS, NADINE REIS AND SUSAN SPRONK

Chapter 2
The hard work of progressive public lending: FONPLATA and financing the Sustainable Development Goals in Buenos Aires
MELINA TOBÍAS AND DEVIN CASE-RUCHALA

Chapter 3
NABARD and the pro- public financing of water in India
PRANJAL DEEKSHIT

Chapter 4
Making water “public bankable” in Uganda and Tanzania
DAVID A. MCDONALD, ARNOLD KIHAULE, WINIFRED NABAKIIBI KITSONA AND ANNE NAMAKULA SERUNJOGI

Chapter 5
Public banks and public water in Colombia: The case of the Findeter development bank
ERIKA MENESES- GRANADOS AND DENISSE ROCA- SERVAT

Chapter 6
Public banks and public water in Vietnam: Promises and pitfalls
THUY TRUONG DANG

Chapter 7
Democratic patient finance: The Banco Popular and community-based water operators in Costa Rica
SUSAN SPRONK, KARINA VALVERDE AND THOMAS MAROIS

Chapter 8
Assessing KfW support for public water and sanitation services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
GENEVIEVE SIMMONS AND THOMAS MAROIS

Chapter 9
Public banking and public water in the transition from authoritarian neoliberalism to the “new” pink tide: Success against the odds in the Brazilian Northeast
VICTORIA STADHEIM

Chapter 10
Public bank– public water collaboration in the Philippines: What potential for scaling up?
JESSEL O. QUITORIO, ANA ASUMPTA N. PEREZ, VICTOR G. CHIONG, ARNALDO VILLALON AND BUENAVENTURA B. DARGANTES