Description |
xv, 258 pages : illustrations, ; 23 cm |
Contents |
List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword / by Ernesto Zedillo -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: the incentives to supply global public goods -- Single best efforts: global public goods that can be supplied unilaterally or minilaterally -- Weakest links: global public goods that depend on the states that contribute the least -- Aggregate efforts: global public goods that depend on the combined efforts of all states -- Financing and burden sharing: paying for global public goods -- Mutual restraint: agreeing what states ought not to do -- Coordination and global standards: agreeing what states ought to do -- Development: do global public goods help poor states? -- Conclusions: institutions for the supply of global public goods -- Endnotes -- References -- Index |
Summary |
"Scott Barrett provides an introduction to the issues surrounding the provision of global public goods. Using a variety of examples to illustrate past successes and failures, he shows how international cooperation, institutional design, and the clever use of incentives can work together to ensure the effective delivery of global public goods."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Public goods.
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International cooperation.
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LC no. |
2007010407 |
ISBN |
9780199211890 alkaline paper |
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