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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809552903321

Autore

Evans J. W (James Warren)

Titolo

Too global to fail : the World Bank at the intersection of national and global public policy in 2025 / / J. Warren Evans and Robin Davies, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2015]

ISBN

1-4648-0310-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 276 pages) ; ; 26 cm

Collana

Directions in development, evironment and sustainable development

Disciplina

332.1/532

Soggetti

Public goods

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Economic development - Environmental aspects - Developing countries - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""PART 1 The Future of Global Public Goods""; ""Chapter 2 Global Public Goods and International Development""; ""State, Regional, and Global Development""; ""Public Goods and Development""; ""Global Public Goods and Sovereignty""; ""Global Public Goods for Development""; ""The World Bank's Role in Promoting Global Public Goods""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""Chapter 3 Environmental Sustainability as a Development Issue: The Evolution of an Idea""""Evolution of the International Environmental Agenda""; ""World Bank Sustainable Development Institutional Framework""; ""The World Bank and Environmental Global Public Goods""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 The Future Is Now: Scenarios to 2025 and Beyond""; ""Population and Economic Growth Projections""; ""Natural Resource and Climate Scenarios""; ""Biodiversity""; ""Water Resources""; ""Oceans""; ""Climate Change""; ""Some Indications of Progress""

""Drilling Down: The Resource Scarcity Dilemma""""Technology: The Planet's Salvation?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""PART 2 Financing



Global Public Goods""; ""Chapter 5 Something's Gotta Give: Aid and the Financing of Global Public Goods""; ""Global Public Goods for Development""; ""A Trend Analysis""; ""The Changing Context for Aid""; ""GPGs versus the standard aid policy narrative""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Aiding Global Public Policy: Rethinking Rationales and Roles""; ""Revising the Rationale for Aid and Redefining ODA""

""The Multilateral GPG Delivery System""""A Way Forward""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Financing Global Public Goods at Scale""; ""The Problem: Public Credit Alone Cannot Meet the Biggest Challenges""; ""Global Savings: The Resource, Its Potential, and Its Constraints""; ""Quality and Liquidity in GPG Finance: Pooling and Securitization""; ""Notes""; ""PART 3 Strategic Directions for the Provision of Global Public Goods""; ""Chapter 8 Emerging Economies, Emerging Development Partners""; ""A Growing Presence in Regional and Global Affairs""

""Recent Policies and Initiatives Shaping Brazil's Role in Global Public Goods""""Conclusions: Brazil's Potential Contribution to Sustainable Development Post-2025""; ""Korea's Role in Asia and the International Community""; ""Korea's Standing with Regard to Global Public Goods""; ""Conclusion: Korea's Contribution to Sustainable Development Post-2025 and the Role of the World Bank""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9 Shifting Priorities: Re-envisioning World Bank Partnerships for Transformational Impact""; ""Introduction""

""Current Partnerships: Examples of Strengths and Challenges""

Sommario/riassunto

Too Global to Fail: The World Bank at the Intersection of National and Global Public Policy in 2025 analyzes the issue of global public goods, particularly those related to the environment, in the context of the global development process. Long-term sustainability of development is at stake, as the distinction between developing and developed countries in their approaches to environmental issues is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. This study contends that global sustainability depends on and even consists of the provision of certain global public goods and that the prevailing