📣 2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025 #PublicBank students & recent grads don't miss this! The inaugural emerging scholar research paper award sponsored by the @publicbanking.bsky.social & AFD France. For more: bit.ly/3KZymDQ

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💧Another new open access article!📚 Failed privatisation in urban water utilities: Can PuPs pick up the pieces? Reviewing evidence from Dar es Salaam, 2005–2018 Read the full article by Elliot Rooney here: bit.ly/4a51mUW

💧New open access article!📚 'Making water 'public' in Bordeaux' The public water operator in Bordeaux "has emerged as a paradigmatic example of a ‘social democratic’ public water operator with important lessons for other cities in France and beyond," writes McDonald. Full article: bit.ly/4q0JjE2

Making water ‘public’ in Bordeaux

Abstract. In 2023, water services in the metropolitan region of Bordeaux became public again for the first time in 70 years, part of a growing remunicipali

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📣Read the second of two MSP contributions to the 2025 Socialist Register - Radical Remunicipalizations: Remaking and Reclaiming Public Services by David McDonald - here! bit.ly/48XpgAC

📣The first of two MSP contributions to the 2025 Socialist Register - The Democratic and Transformative Potential of Public Banks by Thomas Marois and Susan Spronk - is available now: bit.ly/48KCAXP

💧New Article "The Future of Public Water is Public Banks" in Water International by Thomas Marois, David McDonald, and Susan Spronk. 📖 Read the full article here!

🏛️ Ensuring the Sustainability of Public Banks (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ The Future of Public Services: Why International Dialogue Matters (By Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️Why Public Banks Matter and Why We Must Protect Them (David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Financing Public Services: The Role of Regional Banks in Argentina (Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🛠️ Making Public Banks Work for the People: Fix or Start Fresh? (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute. 📚 Learn more in the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

PhD Fellowship Opportunity 'Public Banks in the Just Transition' at the University of Hertfordshire For more information and to apply go to bit.ly/4k8Rn2u (Sustainable lives, Resources and Environment Reference SLR 6)

PhD Studentships 2025

Applications are invited by Centre for Future Societies Research for three fully funded PhD studentships at the University of Hertfordshire. These research studentships will be part of the University ...

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🏦 Public banks: Fuelling War or Climate Action? The Choice is Ours (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the recent released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 How Public Banks Can Support Climate Adaptation (By Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Finance is the Grease that Makes the Wheels Turn 🛠️ By David McDonald 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Explore more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Public Banks Over Private Profit: Financing Water and Infrastructure in Occupied Palestine (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the newly released open-access book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 A Century of Trust: The Success of Publicly-Owned Municipal Banks in Scandinavia (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the recently released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Maximizing Policy, Not Profits (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 For more content on public banking, check out the recently released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Reclaiming Finance: The Untapped Potential of Public Banking (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Check out the chapter by Genevieve Simmons & Thomas Marois, in the released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Rethinking Finance in Costa Rica: The Unique Role of Public Banks - by Susan Spronk 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project & the Public Banking Project, by @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Check out the book chapter by Susan Spronk, Karina Valverde & Thomas Marois: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🌱 Funding Life: The Case for a Palestinian Public Bank (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social Check more details in the recent released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #Palestine #RightToWater

🔍 What's the difference between a Public and a Private bank? 🏦 🎥 "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" editor Thomas Marois explains: tinyurl.com/4znzz27p Read the open access book here: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

📢 What are public banks? 💰🏛️ Public banks are financial institutions owned and/or operated by the state. 🎥 "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" editor David McDonald explains: tinyurl.com/38swyzra Read the open access book here: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

💧 Check out Public bank–public water collaboration in the Philippines: What potential for scaling up? ✍️ By Jessel O Quitorio, Ana Asumpta N Perez, Victor G Chiong, Arnaldo N Villalon, Buenaventura B Dargantes 📖Open Access: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #GlobalSouth #Philippines

💧 Check out 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 ✍️ By Victoria Stadheim 📖 Access here: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #Brazil #BrazilianNortheast

💧 Check out Chapter 8: Assessing KfW support for public water and sanitation services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ✍️ By Genevieve Simmons and Thomas Marois 📖 Read it for free: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #GlobalSouth #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories #KfW

💧 Check out Chapter 7 - Democratic patient finance: The Banco Popular and community-based water operators in Costa Rica ✍️ By Susan Spronk, Karina Valverde Salas; Thomas Marois 📖 Read it for free: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #GlobalSouth #CostaRica #BancoPopular #BPDC

💧 Check out Chapter 6: Public Banks and Public Water in Vietnam: Promises and Pitfalls ✍️ By Thuy Truong Dang 📖 Read it for free: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #SustainableFinance #GlobalSouth #OpenAccess #SDGs #Vietnam

💧 Check out Chapter 5: Public Banks and Public Water in Colombia: The Case of the Findeter Development Bank ✍️ By Érika Lucía Meneses Granados & Denisse Roca-Servat 📖 Read it for free: lnkd.in/dhkH48mb #PublicBanking #PublicWater #SustainableFinance #GlobalSouth #SDGs #Colombia #Findeter

💧 Check out Chapter 4: "Making water 'public bankable' in Uganda and Tanzania" ✍️ By David A. McDonald, Arnold Kihaule, Winifred Nabakiibi Kitsona, Anne Namakula Serunjogi 📖 Read for free: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBanking #PublicWater #Uganda #Tanzania #SustainableFinance #GlobalSouth