Public Banks Public Water

Author : Thomas Marois
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000842428
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Banks, Public Water written by Thomas Marois and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Financing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 for water and sanitation will be enormously expensive and will also depend largely on public water operators. Where will this money to fund public water services come from? One option is public banks. These state-owned institutions constitute just under 20% of global banking assets, holding close to $50 trillion in assets. Many public banks have explicit mandates to finance public water management and related public goods, and they have been doing so for decades. And yet, despite a resurgence of interest in public banks, their roles and potential in funding public water services have been largely ignored by researchers and policy makers. This book aims to measure the scale and nature of interactions between public banks and public water operators in the European region; identify challenges and opportunities for deeper engagement between public banks and public water operators; recognize promising practices and how these might be transferred elsewhere in the world; and assess possibilities for more democratic forms of public bank and public water interactions. This volume will be of great use to students and researchers interested in political ecology and economy, development and cooperation, public policy as well as water governance and management. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Water International.

Author : Thomas Marois
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108984515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Banks written by Thomas Marois and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines how these institutions can confront the crisis of climate finance and catalyse a green and just transition. The author explores six case studies across the globe, demonstrating that public banks have acquired the representative structures, financial capacity, institutional knowledge, collaborative networks, and geographical reach to tackle decarbonisation, definancialisation, and democratisation. These institutions are not without contradictions, torn as they are between contending public and private interests in class-divided society. Ultimately, social forces and struggles shape how and if public banks serve the public good.

Author : Ellen Hodgson Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983330868
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Public Bank Solution written by Ellen Hodgson Brown and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT WALL STREET DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. Shock waves from one Wall Street scandal after another have completely disillusioned us with our banking system; yet we cannot do without banks. Nearly all money today is simply bank credit. Economies run on it, and it is created when banks make loans. The main flaw in the current model is that private profiteers have acquired control of the credit spigots. They can cut off the flow, direct it to their cronies, and manipulate it for personal gain at the expense of the producing economy. The benefits of bank credit can be maintained while eliminating these flaws, through a system of banks operated as public utilities, serving the public interest and returning their profits to the public. This book looks at the public bank alternative, and shows with examples from around the world and through history that it works admirably well, providing the key to sustained high performance for the economy and well-being for the people.

Author : Mark Kellett
Publisher : American Water Works Association
ISBN 13 : 1613000987
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financing Water Infrastructure written by Mark Kellett and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristin Komives
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821363423
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water, Electricity, and the Poor written by Kristin Komives and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the prevalence and variants of consumer subsidies found in the developing world and the effectiveness of these subsidies for the poor. It places consumer subsidies in a broader social protection framework and compares them with poverty-focused programmes in other sectors using a common metric. It concludes that the most common subsidy instruments perform poorly in comparison with most other transfer mechanisms. Alternative consumption and connection subsidy mechanisms show more promise, especially when combined with complementary non-price approaches to making utility services accessible and affordable to poor households. The many factors contributing to those outcomes are dissected, identifying those that can be controlled and used to improve performance.

Author : Philippe Marin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821379577
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities written by Philippe Marin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities: A Review of Experiences in Developing Countries' analyzes the market growth of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the developing world since 1990, and the performance of more than 65 large water PPP projects representing more than 100 million people for access, service quality, operational efficiency, and tariff levels. Although a relatively small portion of the water utilities in the developing world are operated under PPPs (about 7 percent in 2007), the urban population served by private water operators has grown every year since 1990. Despite many difficulties encountered by PPP projects and a few contract terminations, a large majority of contracts awarded since 1990 are still in place. The track record for improving service and efficiency reaffirms the value of PPPs to help turn around poorly performing water utilities, even though the level of private financing did not match initial expectations. Over time, a more realistic market has developed, the number of private investors from developing countries has grown, and contract designs have become more pragmatic concerning risk allocations between partners. The water sector has many features that set it apart from other infrastructure sectors. This book suggests the need for careful consideration of those specificities to successfully involve private operators. Although concessions with private financing have worked in a few places, contractual arrangements that combine private operation with public financing appear to be the most sustainable option in many countries. Policy makers, stakeholders, and donors need to remain heavily engaged in the water sector, especially in the poorest countries and during a global financial crisis. This book contributes to a better understanding of the various options to tackle the many challenges of providing water and sanitation services to urban populations in the developing world.

Author : Thomas Marois
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108996434
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Banks written by Thomas Marois and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines how these institutions can confront the crisis of climate finance and catalyse a green and just transition. The author explores six case studies across the globe, demonstrating that public banks have acquired the representative structures, financial capacity, institutional knowledge, collaborative networks, and geographical reach to tackle decarbonisation, definancialisation, and democratisation. These institutions are not without contradictions, torn as they are between contending public and private interests in class-divided society. Ultimately, social forces and struggles shape how and if public banks serve the public good.

Author : Terry Lee Anderson
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 9781882577439
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Markets written by Terry Lee Anderson and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents examples of how water markets are working in the United States and abroad and examines the development of water law.

Author : Texas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Code written by Texas and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harvey O. Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statement by Harvey O. Banks, Director of Water Resources, Before the Subcommittee of the Assembly Committee on Conservation, Planning and Public Works on Responsibility of Department of Water Resources for Planning for Recreational Development, January 19, 1957 written by Harvey O. Banks and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: