How to Improve the Provision of Global Public Goods

Abstract

Explains the purposes underlying the structure of the four main parts of the book—to review and sharpen the analytical concepts employed; to clarify the stake‐holder interests, which comprise ‘publicness’; to examine issues affecting the efficiency of production of public goods; and to identify the ways in which the interface between national and transnational decision‐making affects the strategic management of the provision of global public goods.

Bezpieczeństwo państwa w świetle teorii dóbr publicznych

“…O ile do niedawna by³y nimi g³ównie pañstwa, to wraz z globalizacj¹ i zacieraniem siê ostrego rozró¿nienia miêdzy pañstwowymi, regionalnymi i globalnymi dobrami publicznymi pojawia siê potrzeba miêdzy-i wielopoziomowej wspó³pracy i zarz¹dzania (na poziomach pañstwowym, regionalnym i globalnym) dla wytwarzania tych dóbr 40 . Trudno jednoznacznie oceniae, na którym z tych poziomów tworzenie dóbr publicznych mo¿e byae najefektywniej zagwarantowane 41 . Próbuj¹c zmierzyae siê z jakimkolwiek problemem natury politycznej lub ekonomicznej nale¿y ustaliae, na jakim poziomie powinien byae rozwi¹zywany (rozwi¹zania problemu zalegaj¹cych oemieci oczekujemy od w³adz komunalnych, zapewnienia bezpieczeñstwa przed zagro¿eniami zewnêtrznymi -od w³adz pañstwa itd.).…”

Water scarcity as a global public dilemma: Public fiscal policies towards rainwater harvesting

“…Because its benefits are shared by all states in terms of security, human rights and bio-diversity. Kaul and Mendoza (2003) assert expanding the standard definition of public goods on various levels (Kaul et al, 2003) (Kaul et al 1999;Taylor, 2013): i) non-rivalrous (i.e. consumption of these goods by anyone does not reduce the quantity available to other agents); ii) non-excludable (i.e.…”

Paying for International Environmental Public Goods

“…Depending upon the magnitude and distribution of the payoffs to public good provision, individual countries will have a stronger or weaker incentive to commit resources to their provision. Doing more than that depends upon agreement between nation states (Kaul et al 2003a;Barrett 2007).…”