Municipal Services Project

12/15/2025

📣 Funding Opportunity!

2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks

Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025

students and recent grads don't miss this! The inaugural emerging scholar research paper award sponsored by the Public Banking Project and Agence Française de Développement.

Follow this link for more details and submission information
https://publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/pbp-grn-emerging-scholar-award/

The Public Banking Project and the French Development Agency (Agence française de développement, AFD) are pleased to announce the inaugural Best Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks (PDBs). The Emerging Scholar Award recognizes outstanding peer-reviewed academic publications by PhD and postdoctoral emerging scholars that advance our understanding of the role, impact, and future of PDBs in climate-aligned and socially just development finance.

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12/11/2025

💧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!

12/10/2025

💧New open access article!📚

'Making water 'public' in Bordeaux'

l’Eau Bordeaux Métropole, the public water operator, "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.

Follow the link to read the full article.

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

12/09/2025

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

Uniting researchers, activists and practitioners who are engaged in debates around equitable, sustainable and democratic public services.

12/08/2025

📣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!

Uniting researchers, activists and practitioners who are engaged in debates around equitable, sustainable and democratic public services.

06/11/2025

🏛️ Ensuring the Sustainability of Public Banks (By Thomas Marois)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the bsky.social

📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

06/10/2025

🏛️ 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

06/09/2025

🏛️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 bsky.social

📚 Learn more about the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

06/09/2025

Public Banking’s Global Impact: A $55 Trillion Force in Finance (Thomas Marois)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the bsky.social

📚 Learn more about newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

06/09/2025

Banking for the People: How Democratic Oversight Funds Social Progress (Susan Spronk)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute

📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

06/09/2025

Rethinking Public & Democratic Finance: Lessons from Germany’s KfW Bank (Thomas Marois)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the bsky.social

📚 Learn more about the chapter on the KfW Bank: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t