Global Public Goods and Global Health

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David Gartner

Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

Many of today’s biggest global challenges reflect failures of collective action in providing global public goods. When it comes to preventing pandemic disease, climate change, or weapons proliferation, there are strong incentives for national governments not to cooperate to provide optimal levels of global public goods. While the conventional wisdom remains that wider participation is essentially an obstacle to effective collective action, leveraging the contributions of diverse actors can contribute to the effective provision of public goods. This article advances a new analytical approach to the challenge of providing global public goods that highlights the distinct problems of innovation, financing, and compliance. Leading categories for distinguishing different types of global public goods ought to be re-conceptualized as highlighting different stages in the production of global public goods.

Suggested Citation

Gartner, David, Global Public Goods and Global Health (2012). Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 22, No. 303, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2476096

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