Global public goods: international cooperation in the 21st century

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (04) ◽  
pp. 37-2227-37-2227
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Global Public Goods

scholarly journals International cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S64-S76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Brown ◽  
Daniel Susskind
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Cooperative Response

Abstract This paper explores the concept of ‘global public goods’ (GPGs) in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that many of the tasks involved in public health, and in particular those involved in the control of an infectious disease like COVID-19, ought to be treated as GPGs that can only be effectively delivered through international cooperation. It sets out what a cooperative response to the COVID-19 pandemic should look like and introduces ideas for further discussion about how it might be financed.

Negotiating international cooperation: global public goods and fairness

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Albin
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Free Riding ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations

Global public goods (GPGs) are vital to human welfare and security worldwide. Yet often they suffer from under-provision and free-riding, and are not accessible or beneficial to everyone. They illustrate starkly problems of collective action. This article examines multilateral negotiations in which countries seek agreement on the terms for collaboration in providing GPGs. It argues that common obstacles to an effective agreement concern justice and fairness issues, which arise from the earliest phase when the agenda is set to the final stage of securing implementation and compliance. Drawing on recent negotiation practice, it proposes a framework and a set of strategies for how such issues could be tackled.

Exploring East Asian Sustainable Governance Via Municipal International Cooperation

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Seung-Ho Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Conceptual Evolution

This paper begins with a look into the emergence of global public goods in a globalizing world and argues for the potential of Municipal International Cooperation (MIC) as an effective vehicle for rectifying the under-provision of global public goods. It continues with a review of the evolution, tools and issues of MIC. Next is an investigation of the conceptual evolution of ‘sustainable development’ as a powerful catchword in current MIC programs and some exemplary cases of MIC in pursuit of sustainable development. Finally, the paper ends with a discussion about the need for an MIC approach to East Asian Sustainable Governance in the years ahead. Our motto, therefore, perhaps should be “Cities of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your slums, your poverty and your military expendability.” On this note of modest long-run optimism, I had better conclude for fear that the pessimism of short-run catches up with us first.

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