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McDonald, David A., et al. (2024). Public Banks + Public Water = SDG 6?. Ola Financiera; Vol. 17 Núm. 49, 2024: Septiembre-Diciembre 2024. Número especial: Bancos públicos y agua pública.; 1-43. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/4159940
Autor(es)
McDonald, David A.; Marois, Thomas; Spronk, Susan
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Título
Public Banks + Public Water = SDG 6?
Fecha
2024-09-02
Resumen
Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to achieve universal access to water and sanitation services by 2030; this is expected to cost an estimated US$150 billion per year. Where will this funding come from? One possibility is private finance in the form of direct equity investment from private water companies and lending from commercial banks. Evidence suggests, however, that private investments in water and sanitation have not materialized as planned due to the sector’s risk – return profile. Water and sanitation are considered "too risky" by private investors and returns insufficiently rewarding. One alternative that may help to fill the water supply and sanitation (WSS) funding gap is an as yet untapped source of public finance: public banks. There are over 900 public banks in the world, with US$49 trillion in assets; they have, however, been largely underestimated as an important source of water and sanitation funding and have also been neglected by academic research and by mainstream policy organizations such as the World Bank. There is a need to better understand how public banks can be mobilized as effective funders of public water. In this article we provide a brief history of public banking practices in the water sector, review their pros and cons, and discuss the significance of the emergence of a new type of public water operator and the potential these entities offer for financing in this sector.
Tema
Public banks; public water; finance; SDGs; remunicipalisation; Bancos públicos; agua pública; finanzas; ODS; remunicipalización
Idioma
spa
ISSN
ISSN: 1870-1442
