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Author Evans, J. W. (James Warren)

Title Too global to fail : the World Bank at the intersection of national and global public policy in 2025 / J. Warren Evans and Robin Davies
Published Washington, DC : World Bank, [2014]

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Series Directions in development environment and sustainable development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment and sustainable development.
Contents ""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""
Summary 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
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Subject World Bank -- Developing countries
SUBJECT World Bank fast
Subject Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries -- International cooperation
Public goods.
Economic assistance -- Developing countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Economic assistance
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- International cooperation
Public goods
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author World Bank.
LC no. 2014020752
ISBN 9781464803109
1464803102