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France: Making Water ‘Public’ in Bordeaux

New publication by Blue Community Ambassador David McDonald: Making water ‘public’ in Bordeaux. In 2023, water services in the metropolitan region of Bordeaux (France) became public again for the firs...
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BLUE TALK with David McDonald

The BLUE TALK with Blue Community Ambassador David McDonald, Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, and Director of the Municipal Services Project, a global research ne...
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BLUE TALK with David McDonald

David McDonald is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, and Director of the Municipal Services Project, a global research network that explores progressive forms of pu...
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Just Water Futures: Public Water

The webinars of Just Water Futures with some of our Blue Community Ambassadors are now online: Webinar 2: What´s Public about Public Water Debates about water privatization have tended to construct a ...
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David McDonald joins Blue Ambassadors

The Blue Community is proud to welcome Prof. David McDonald as its latest Blue Ambassador. David McDonald is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, and Director of the ...
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(De)Financing Remunicipalisation

David McDonald is a professor of global development studies at Queen’s University in Canada and the director and founder of the Municipal Services Project. He has been researching and publishing...
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Municipal Services: Pro Public Campaign

Excellent webinar today with David McDonald, Director and Founder of the Municipal Services Project, and Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada: “What’s Public Abo...
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What’s Public About Public Water?

Please join us to discuss the nature of public water service.  w/ David McDonald (Queen’s University, Canada) Friday, June 13 · 2 – 3pm CEST (GMT+2). By Just Water Futures Debates about water pr...
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