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This book offers the first systematic review of public bank lending in the Global South's water sector. It appeals to students and scholars of water resource management, water and health, sanitation, and sustainable development, and professionals and policymakers working with public and development banks to deliver safe water and sanitation.
List of contents
1. Public Banks and Public Water Services in the Global South 2. The Hard Work of Progressive Public Lending: FONPLATA and Financing the Sustainable Development Goals in Buenos Aires 3. NABARD and the Pro-Public Financing of Water in India 4. Making Water "Public Bankable" in Uganda and Tanzania 5. Public Banks and Public Water in Colombia: The case of the Findeter Development Bank 6. Public Banks and Public Water in Vietnam: Promises and Pitfalls 7. Democratic Patient Finance: The Banco Popular and Community-Based Water Operators in Costa Rica 8. Assessing KfW Support for Public Water and Sanitation Services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 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 10. Public Bank-Public Water Collaboration in the Philippines: What Potential for Scaling Up?
About the author
Thomas Marois is a Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University, Canada. Thomas holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Public Banking. He is an Associate Director of the Municipal Services Project.
David A. McDonald is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen's University, Canada, and Founder and Director of the Municipal Services Project.
Susan Spronk is Associate Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is an Associate Director of the Municipal Services Project and a co-founder of the Blended Finance Project which explores pro-public alternatives in Canada's foreign aid program. She is also an active trade unionist in the academic labour sector in Canada.
Summary
This book offers the first systematic review of public bank lending in the Global South’s water sector. It appeals to students and scholars of water resource management, water and health, sanitation, and sustainable development, and professionals and policymakers working with public and development banks to deliver safe water and sanitation.
