Our People
Since the Project’s inception in 2000 there have been different staff and Steering Committee members, depending on research funding and research foci. Former members include: Greg Ruiters, Patrick Bond, Daniel Chavez, Chandra Mohanty, John Pape, Lenny Gentle, Marcela Olivera, Roger Ronnie, Mthetho Xali, Melanie Samson, Ben Fine, Soraya Farred, Al-Hassan Adam, Yoswa Dambisya, Madeleine Belanger, Amit Sengupta, Carlos Crespo, Mary Ann Manahan, Leonard Shang-Quartey, Dave Hemson, Hameda Deedat, Moses Cloete, David Hall, Emma Harvey, Emanuele Lobina, Jeff Rudin, Rebecca Pointer, David Hemson, Godfrey Musuka, Meena Menon, Joy Chavez, Amanda Wilson, Julie Borland.
Currently, the project is funded by a SSHRC grant examining the role of public banks in financing public water services, and involves the following core people:
David A McDonald is Director and Founder of the Municipal Services Project, and Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada.
Thomas Marois is Associate Director of the Municipal Services Project, and Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada
Susan Spronk is Associate Director of the Municipal Services Project, and Associate Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada
