Published for the United Nations Development Project [by] Oxford University Press,
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2003.
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1 online resource (xxii, 646 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Why do global public goods matter today? ; How to improve the provision of global public goods / Inge Kaul [and others] -- Public goods : a historical perspective / Meghnad Desai -- Advancing the concept of public goods / Inge Kaul and Ronald U. Mendoza -- International aspects of public goods provision / Agnar Sandmo -- Assessing the optimal provision of public goods : in search of the Holy Grail / Todd Sandler -- Assessing the provision status of global public goods / Pedro Conceição -- Political globalization : trends and choices / David Held and Anthony McGrew -- Governing the provision of global public goods : the role and legitimacy of nonstate actors / Michael Edwards and Simon Zadek -- The governance of the International Monetary Fund / Ariel Buira -- Steps toward enhanced parity : negotiating capacity and strategies of developing countries / Pamela Chasek and Lavanya Rajamani -- Getting to fairness : negotiations over global public goods / Cecilia Albin -- Combining efficiency with equity : a pragmatic approach / Odile Blanchard [and others] -- Creating incentives for cooperation : strategic choices / Scott Barrett -- Financing global public goods : a new frontier of public finance / Inge Kaul and Katell Le Goulven -- Institutional options for producing global public goods / Inge Kaul and Katell Le Goulven -- Managing the provision of knowledge : the design of intellectual property laws / Carlos M. Correa -- International financial stability and market efficiency as a global public good / Stephany Griffith-Jones -- The multilateral trade regime : a global public good for all? / Ronald U. Mendoza -- Beyond communicable disease control : health in the age of globalization / Dyna Arhin-Tenkorang and Pedro Conceição, with a contribution by Michael Kremer -- Global trade for local benefit : financing energy for all in Costa Rica / René Castro and Sarah Cordero -- Conserving biodiversity : reconciling local and global public benefits / Charles Perrings and Madhav Gadgil -- Problems of publicness and access rights : perspectives from the water domain / Lyla Mehta -- Corruption and global public goods / Peter Eigen and Christian Eigen-Zucchi.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.