Providing global public goods : managing globalization / edited by Inge Kaul ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United Nations Development Programme.

Kaul, Inge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public goods.

Globalization.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (669 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Published for the United Nations Development Project [by] Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The national economic concept of 'public goods' has its transnational analogue, which provides a signpost to the effective management of globalization processes. The pursuit of global public goods will assist the attainment of a more equitable, stable, world order.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; OVERVIEW; Why do Global Public Goods Matter Today?; How to Improve the Provision of Global Public Goods; 1.CONCEPTS: RETHINKINGPUBLIC, GLOBAL, AND GOOD; Public Goods: A Historical Perspective; Advancing the Concept of Public Goods; International Aspects of Public Goods Provision; Assessing the Optimal Provision of Public Goods: In Search of the Holy Grail; Assessing the Provision Status of Global Public Goods; 2.POLITICS: BRINGING THE PUBLIC BACK INTO PUBLIC POLI CYMAKING; Political Globalization: Trends and Choices

Governing the Provision of Global Public Goods: The Role and Legitimacy of Nonstate ActorsThe Governance of the International Monetary Fund; Steps toward Enhanced Parity: Negotiating Capacity and Strategies of Developing Countries; Getting to Fairness: Negotiations over Global Public Goods; Combining Efficiency with Equity: A Pragmatic Approach; 3.PRODUCTION: GETTING TO THE GOOD; Creating Incentives for Cooperation: Strategic Choices; Financing Global Public Goods: A New Frontier of Public Finance; Institutional Options for Producing Global Public Goods

Managing the Provision of Knowledge: The Design of Intellectual Property Laws4.CASE STUDIES: APPLYING THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS; International Financial Stability and Market Ef.ciency as a Global Public Good; The Multilateral Trade Regime: A Global Public Good for All?; Beyond Communicable Disease Control: Health in the Age of Globalization; Global Trade for Local Bene.t: Financing Energy for All in Costa Rica; Conserving Biodiversity: Reconciling Local and Global Public Benefits; Problems of Publicness and Access Rights: Perspectives from the Water Domain

Corruption and Global Public GoodsFurther Reading; Glossary; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-515741-9

0-19-803577-2

1-281-93023-7

9786611930233

OCLC:

309336949