Schwartz, Klaas and Marois, Thomas (2022) 'Untapping the sustainable water bank’s public financing for Dutch drinking water companies.' Water International, 47 (5). pp. 691-710.
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Abstract
The Dutch Water Bank (NWB), which was created in the 1950s, still provides long-term, low-cost, low-risk patient and appropriate financing to public entities. It is a model that has worked, but not without room for improvement. The NWB has an opportunity to untap its support of Dutch drinking water companies’ sustainability transitions. To do so, it needs to embrace its ‘publicness’: leveraging its position within the Dutch public sector to catalyse water investments in the public interest. The NWB offers important lessons for global debates on public banks and sustainable transitions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Public banks, public water, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), finance, the Netherlands |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies |
| ISSN: | 02508060 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2022.2080518 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2022 12:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/37679 |
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