Global Public Goods:
International Cooperation in the 21st Century

Table of Contents

 Prologue
Tommy Koh

Foreword
James Gustave Speth

          Introduction 
Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern

 I. CONCEPTS  

    1. Defining Global Public Goods
        Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern

    2. Intergenerational Public Goods: Strategies, Efficiency     and Institution
        Todd Sandler

    3. The Political Economy of International Cooperation
        Lisa L. Martin

 II. CASE STUDIES 

 Equity and Justice 

          4. Equity in a Global Public Goods Framework
              J. Mohan Rao

    5. Distributive Justice as an International Public Good: A Historical Perspective
        Ethan B. Kapstein

    6. Global Justice: Beyond International Equity
        Amartya Sen

 Market Efficiency 

    7. Deep Integration and Trade Agreements: Good for Developing Countries?
       Nancy Birdsall and Robert Z. Lawrence

    8. International Financial Instability
       Charles Wyplosz

 Environment and Cultural Heritage

     9. Montreal v. Kyoto: International Cooperation and the Global Environment
       Scott Barrett

    10. New Strategies for the Provision of Global Public Goods: Learning from International Environmental Challenge
       Geoffrey Heal

    11. Cultural Heritage as Public Good: Economic Analysis Applied to Historic Cities
        Ismail Serageldin

 Health 

     12. Global Epidemiological Surveillance: International Cooperation to Monitor Infectious Diseases
       Mark W. Zacher

    13. Health as a Global Public Goods
       Lincoln C. Chen, Tim G. Evans and Richard A. Cash

 Knowledge and Information 

    14. Knowledge as a Global Public Goods
       Joseph E. Stiglitz

    15. Global Communications for a More Equitable World
       J. Habib Sy

    16. The Public Face of Cyberspace
       Debora L. Spar

 Peace and Security 

    17. Preventing Deadly Conflict: From Global Housekeeping to Neighbourhood Watch
       David A. Hamburg and Jane E. Holl

    18. Peace as a Global Public Goods
       Ruben P. Mendez

III. POLICY IMPLICATIONS 

    19. International Public Goods and the Case for Foreign Aid
       Rajshri Jayaraman and Ravi Kanbur

    20. Regional Public Goods in International Assistance
       Lisa D. Cook and Jeffrey Sachs

 Conclusion 

     21. Global Public Goods: Concepts, Policies and Strategies

      Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern

 Further Reading

 Glossary

 About the Contributors

 Index

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