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Special Issue of Water International -- Public Banks, Public Water: Exploring the Links in Europe

Author:

Thomas Marois and David A. McDonald (eds)

Year:

2022

Publisher:

Water International, Vol 47, Issue 5

Number of pages:

135

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Abstract

Public banks have played an important role in financing public water and sanitation services in Europe for over a century, but these activities have been largely ignored in the academic literature. This Special Issue of Water International is an initial corrective to this research gap, providing conceptual insights and empirical information on eight countries and regions in Europe, covering a wide range of public banks working with public water operators. Our main conclusion is that public banks have an important role to play in funding sustainable and equitable WSS in the European region, but that there is considerable scope for expansion and significant room for improvement.

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Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe.
Marois, T, & McDonald, D.A. (2022) Water International, 47(5).

Untapping the sustainable water bank’s public financing for Dutch drinking water companies.
Schwartz, K., & Marois, T. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

Squeezed by austerity and pressured to recover costs: Portugal’s municipal water operators in need of public bank finance.
Stadheim, V. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

Public water without (public) financial mediation? Remunicipalizing water in Valladolid, Spain.
Garcia-Arias, J., March, H., Alonso, N., & Satorras, M. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

Public banks and the remunicipalization of water services in Paris, France.
Butzbach, O., & Spronk, S. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

‘No one can compete since no one dares to lend more cheaply!’: Turkey’s Ilbank and public water finance.
Güngen, A. R. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

Boldly boring: Public banks and public water in the Nordic region.
Juuti, P. S., Juuti, R. P., & McDonald, D. A. (2022). Water International, 47(5).

Between development and banking: The KfW Development Bank in Latin America’s water sector.
Reis, N. (2022). Water International, 47(5),

The European Investment Bank and its role in financing public water.
Clifton, J., Díaz-Fuentes, D., & Kavvadia, H. (2022). Water International, 47(5).