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David A. McDonald

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1977
Water Governance and InfrastructureLegal Issues in South AfricaSouth African History and CultureWater resources management and optimizationPublic-Private Partnership Projects

Publications

132

Citations

3,447

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
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David A. McDonald studies how water services and other public utilities are owned, financed, and governed, with a focus on keeping them under public rather than private control. Much of his recent work examines the role of public banks in funding water infrastructure and the process of returning privatized services to public hands (remunicipalisation), drawing on cases from Europe, the Nordic region, Africa, and the Americas.

Public water services and governancePublic banks and infrastructure financingRemunicipalisation of public servicesPublic-private partnershipsWater policy in the Global South

Publication activity has been steady over the past decade, averaging around four to five publications per year with a peak in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 3,447cohort median 1,128
h-index: 29cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 3.6cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 95% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 22 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
172018: 5 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 7 publications7242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Water International×3
  • Utilities Policy×2
  • QSpace (Queen's University Library)×2
  • SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London)×2
  • Ola Financiera×2
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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